Charles Xiuzhi Dong

An Anshan Story uses a real family's life as its backdrop. The director casts his grandpa, the revolutionaries of the left wing as the film's lead, retracing his family saga of post Chinese cultural revolution history.

The film takes place against the backdrop of elderly care homes, kindergartens, the 219 Park, and various cityscapes. It portrays the urban ruins and inner turmoil caused by economic decline, and depicts the social contradictions arising from recession and the lingering effects of post-socialism, capturing the impact on the lives and values of people in the Northeast region of China.

An old man walks into a theatre and is overwhelmed with his childhood memory.

Marginalized by the school registration system, a mother tries to send her daughter to school at all costs.