A fool's sheep goes missing. His family knows where. You won't believe what he brings home.
The fool Siri Guleng's parents both died, and he lives with his younger brother and sister-in-law. This makes the poor life of this family even worse. Until the fool brought back a sheep, his sister-in-law had the selfish desire to sell the sheep secretly. The cowardly brother reluctantly acquiesced in this matter. The fool found the sheep was not at home and look for it all the way. In the end, he only recovered one sheep's head.
Acting
Si Ligeng's wordless, crushing performance as the exploited fool.
Cinematography
Bleak rural Chinese landscapes that swallow hope whole.
Direction
Gandongying lets silence do the violence.
Director
甘东营 Gandongying
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film's title 'Exile' refers not to geography but to Guleng's permanent outsider status within his own family — a state more brutal than physical banishment.
Gandongying belongs to China's 'Sixth Generation' indie tradition, using rural minority stories to critique economic desperation without explicit political statement.
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