Jia Zhangke's 'Hometown Trilogy'

The three films comprising director Jia Zhangke''s ''Hometown Trilogy'' - Xiao Wu (1997), Platform (2000) and Unknown Pleasures(2002) - represent key contributions to the cinema of contemporary China. The films, which are set in Jia''s home province of Shanxi, highlight the plight of marginalised individuals – singers, dancers, pickpockets, prostitutes and drifters – as they struggle to navigate ...