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An affectionate portrait of a young Chinese filmmaker who, for many, became one of the most important filmmakers of our time. For this documentary directed by Walter Salles, Jia Zhangke returns to the shooting locations of his films, along with his actors, friends and close collaborators. Jia recalls the inspiration sources for films such as “Platform”, “Still Life” and “A Touch of Sin”. The film is the memory of a filmmaker and also of a country in convulsion, China, which gradually reveals itself. “Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang” was filmed by a Brazilian crew in China, across Fenyang, Pingyao, Hong Nan-che and other cities and villages in the Shanxi region, in Beijing, through conversations at the Film Academy, the Fine Arts School and Jia Zhangke’s production company, Xstream Pictures.