# My People, My Homeland (我和我的家乡)
**My People, My Homeland** (我和我的家乡) is a 2020 Chinese anthology comedy-drama film made up of five short segments about life and change in rural China, released on 1 October 2020 for the National Day holiday under chief producer [Zhang Yimou](https://www.edgepedia.org/zhang-yimou) (张艺谋) and chief director Ning Hao (宁浩)[1](https://m.1905.com/m/film/info/2252269.shtml) • [2](https://www.cgrhfff.com/golden-rooster-award/films/13289/). It is the sister piece to the 2019 National Day film *[My People, My Country](https://www.edgepedia.org/my-people-my-country)* (《我和我的祖国》) and the second entry in the "Me and My" National Day trilogy completed by *My Country, My Parents* in 2021[3](https://www.cssn.cn/skgz/202209/t20220916_5517870.shtml). The film led the 2020 National Day box office and finished its mainland run at 2.829 billion yuan[1](https://m.1905.com/m/film/info/2252269.shtml).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | 1 October 2020, mainland China; 153 minutes, 2D, Mandarin[1](https://m.1905.com/m/film/info/2252269.shtml) |
| Structure | Five segments set in China's east, west, south, north, and center, covering rural health insurance, tourism, education, desert control, and poverty alleviation[4](https://www.fx361.com/page/2020/1222/10828987.shtml) |
| Creative leadership | Zhang Yimou chief producer, Ning Hao chief director, Zhang Yibai chief planner; segments directed by Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, Chen Sicheng, Yan Fei & Peng Damo, and Deng Chao & Yu Baimei[2](https://www.cgrhfff.com/golden-rooster-award/films/13289/) |
| National Day week gross | 1.87 billion yuan, first place in the 2020 National Day slot[5](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_9490885) |
| Final mainland gross | 2.829 billion yuan[1](https://m.1905.com/m/film/info/2252269.shtml) |
| Awards | Jury Special Award and Best Feature Film nomination at the 34th Golden Rooster Awards (2021)[2](https://www.cgrhfff.com/golden-rooster-award/films/13289/) |
| Audience ratings | Douban 7, Maoyan 9.1, IMDb 6.4[6](https://www.cnfilmrank.com/zh/movies/1174) |
## Spoilers
### The five segments
The film follows the collective-creation format of *My People, My Country*, replacing that film's seven historical moments with five fictional stories placed in five regions of China[3](https://www.cssn.cn/skgz/202209/t20220916_5517870.shtml) • [7](https://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2020-10/01/c_1126567086.htm).
- **A Beijing Good Man (《北京好人》)**, directed by Ning Hao. Ge You reprises his role as Zhang Beijing, a security guard in Beijing who has saved for a car, then schemes to let his rural uncle, who needs surgery for a thyroid tumor, use his medical insurance card[8](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_9484994).
- **A UFO Falls from the Sky (《天上掉下个UFO》)**, directed by Chen Sicheng. On Mid-Autumn night a mysterious UFO appears in Afu Village in Qiannan, Guizhou, 15 km from the FAST telescope, drawing television reporters to investigate; the mystery turns out to be a scheme to promote rural tourism[6](https://www.cnfilmrank.com/zh/movies/1174).
- **The Last Lesson (《最后一课》)**, directed by Xu Zheng. A retired village teacher, Old Fan (Fan Wei), suffers a stroke in Switzerland and loses his memory except for his 1992 teaching days in Wangxi Village; his grown students reconstruct that final lesson for him[1](https://m.1905.com/m/film/info/2252269.shtml).
- **The Road Home (《回乡之路》)**, directed by [Deng Chao](https://www.edgepedia.org/deng-chao) and Yu Baimei. In the Mu Us Desert of Shaanxi, apple merchant Qiao Shulin (Deng Chao) seeks buyers to help his hometown prosper, clashing with e-commerce entrepreneur Yan Feiyan ([Yan Ni](https://www.edgepedia.org/yan-ni)) on the way to a school reunion[6](https://www.cnfilmrank.com/zh/movies/1174).
- **Ma Liang's Magic Brush (《神笔马亮》)**, directed by Yan Fei and Peng Damo. Painter [Ma Liang](https://www.edgepedia.org/ma-liang) (Shen Teng) gives up study at a top art school to take a poverty-alleviation post in his northeastern village, hiding it from his pregnant wife Qiu Xia (Ma Li) with the villagers' help[1](https://m.1905.com/m/film/info/2252269.shtml).
The cast also includes Huang Bo, Wang Baoqiang, Liu Haoran, Wang Yanhui, and Zhang Zhanyi, among roughly a hundred performers[9](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/2252269/).
## Production
Producer [Zhang Miao](https://www.edgepedia.org/zhang-miao) (张苗) of Beijing Culture said the project began in the summer of 2019, responding to a call from the Publicity Department and the China Film Administration to record 2020, the final year of the targeted poverty-alleviation campaign, and that the team chose comedy as the genre best suited to the "welcoming a moderately prosperous society" theme[10](https://xinwen.bjd.com.cn/content/s5f880dc5e4b03c6143b5e46f.html). The five directing teams each did field research in their regions; the actor Wei Xiang, a Sichuan native playing a northeastern village head, spent long periods observing in northeastern villages[10](https://xinwen.bjd.com.cn/content/s5f880dc5e4b03c6143b5e46f.html).
The film was one of few completed through the COVID-19 pandemic from preparation to release. Ning Hao's *A Beijing Good Man* shoot began just as Beijing saw a small resurgence of cases[10](https://xinwen.bjd.com.cn/content/s5f880dc5e4b03c6143b5e46f.html).
## Box office and reception
The 2020 National Day holiday was the first major release window after China's cinemas reopened from pandemic closures, with 75 percent seating caps in place[5](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_9490885). The eight-day holiday grossed 3.927 billion yuan nationwide, 87.92 percent of the previous year's total and the second-highest National Day gross in Chinese film history after 2019's 4.466 billion yuan[11](https://www.caixin.com/2020-10-12/101613667.html). *My People, My Homeland* led the slot with 1.87 billion yuan over the holiday, about half the slot's total, ahead of *Jiang Ziya* and *Leap*[5](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_9490885) • [11](https://www.caixin.com/2020-10-12/101613667.html). By 15 October the cumulative total reached 2.2 billion yuan on more than 55 million admissions, and the final mainland gross was 2.829 billion yuan[10](https://xinwen.bjd.com.cn/content/s5f880dc5e4b03c6143b5e46f.html) • [1](https://m.1905.com/m/film/info/2252269.shtml).
Critics noted the film's use of flawed, ordinary protagonists rather than idealized heroes, and its consistent structure of comic buildup followed by an emotional turn[12](https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_9457901_1). The China Film Critics Association chairman Rao Shuguang said the success of *My People, My Country* and *My People, My Homeland* had established a tribute-film brand[13](https://media.people.com.cn/n1/2020/1009/c40606-31884530.html). At the 34th Golden Rooster Awards in 2021 the film won the Jury Special Award and was nominated for Best Feature Film[2](https://www.cgrhfff.com/golden-rooster-award/films/13289/).
The film began streaming on Chinese video platforms on 1 January 2021 with a limited-time free window[14](https://m.1905.com/m/news/touch/1497313.shtml?fr=newsmjyh5_xgxw_04).
## Place in the "Me and My" series
The three films *My People, My Country* (2019), *My People, My Homeland* (2020), and *My Country, My Parents* (2021) form a National Day trilogy using the same multi-director, multi-segment format[3](https://www.cssn.cn/skgz/202209/t20220916_5517870.shtml). Where the first film ran along a time axis through seven moments of the People's Republic's history, *My People, My Homeland* spreads its narrative across space, east to west, south to north and center, to show rural change[15](https://chinafilmnews.cn/Html/2020-10-14/4717.html). Chief director Ning Hao described the film as "a letter written collectively by us filmmakers to our own hometowns and to everyone's hometowns"[15](https://chinafilmnews.cn/Html/2020-10-14/4717.html).
## References
1. [我和我的家乡 详细资料, 1905电影网](https://m.1905.com/m/film/info/2252269.shtml)
2. [我和我的家乡, 金鸡百花电影节](https://www.cgrhfff.com/golden-rooster-award/films/13289/)
3. ["我和我的"系列主旋律电影中的时代意蕴, 中国社会科学网](https://www.cssn.cn/skgz/202209/t20220916_5517870.shtml)
4. ["锦"秀山河：国庆片《我和我的家乡》的类型突破与创新, 参考网](https://www.fx361.com/page/2020/1222/10828987.shtml)
5. [《我和我的家乡》成国庆档票房冠军，新片后继乏力, 澎湃新闻](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_9490885)
6. [我和我的家乡, 中国电影票房数据库](https://www.cnfilmrank.com/zh/movies/1174)
7. [银幕上的家国情怀——走进2020国庆中秋的电影院, 新华网](https://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2020-10/01/c_1126567086.htm)
8. [票房破17亿，《我和我的家乡》拍摄时却遇到了大"困难"？, 澎湃新闻](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_9484994)
9. [我和我的家乡 My People, My Homeland (2020), 1905电影网](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/2252269/)
10. [票房22亿，《我和我的家乡》总制片人张苗透露创作幕后三道关, 北京日报客户端](https://xinwen.bjd.com.cn/content/s5f880dc5e4b03c6143b5e46f.html)
11. [票房|《我和我的家乡》夺冠 国庆档39亿收官, 财新网](https://www.caixin.com/2020-10-12/101613667.html)
12. [《我和我的家乡》：不完美的小人物身上有文化自信的味道, 澎湃新闻](https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_9457901_1)
13. [国庆档火爆程度堪比春节档 《我和我的家乡》成最大赢家, 人民网](https://media.people.com.cn/n1/2020/1009/c40606-31884530.html)
14. [群星跨年！《我和我的家乡》1月1日视频平台上线, 1905电影网](https://m.1905.com/m/news/touch/1497313.shtml?fr=newsmjyh5_xgxw_04)
15. [《我和我的家乡》唤起全民乡情, 中国电影报](https://chinafilmnews.cn/Html/2020-10-14/4717.html)
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