Where Should I Go?

Name: Where Should I Go?
Director: Li Junhu
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011-06-08
Rating: 7.5

One does not drift because one is homeless; rather, one drifts in search of a better place to call home.

2011 · 70 min · ★ 7.5 · Documentary

Where I Should Go explores one of the most pressing issues in contemporary China, the interaction between the rural and the urban, telling the intertwined stories of two families who move from the countryside to the city in order to try and get a proper education for their children.

Directed by Li Junhu

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