Different Town
10-year-old Shi Tou, the son of a migrant laborer, grows up alone with his grandmother. Sharing a reward with a classmate or waiting until his father returns, obeying his teacher or protecting his fri…
Different Town
10-year-old Shi Tou, the son of a migrant laborer, grows up alone with his grandmother. Sharing a reward with a classmate or waiting until his father returns, obeying his teacher or protecting his friend - which one should he choose? 10-year-old 'Stonehead', like so many left behind children in China, lives in a remote village that has been deserted by all the able-bodied men and women of working age, leaving their children in the care of older relatives. In this community devoid of male role models, Stonehead yearns to establish contact with his long-absent father and gain his approval, and he and his classmates struggle to find their moral compass as they learn how to 'be a man'.
Different Town
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10-year-old Shi Tou, the son of a migrant laborer, grows up alone with his grandmother. Sharing a reward with a classmate or waiting until his father returns, obeying his teacher or protecting his friend - which one should he choose? 10-year-old 'Stonehead', like so many left behind children in China, lives in a remote village that has been deserted by all the able-bodied men and women of working age, leaving their children in the care of older relatives. In this community devoid of male role models, Stonehead yearns to establish contact with his long-absent father and gain his approval, and he and his classmates struggle to find their moral compass as they learn how to 'be a man'..