Artistic Migrant Workers (2006)
The documentary about Zhu Xiaoguang, a man came to Beijing with the dream of being a director, he used his DV to record all these happiness and sadness in Beijing...
Top billed cast
- Zhu XiaoguangSelf
Wang JiahuiSelf
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