Jia Zhang-ke, A Guy From Fenyang is the portrait of a young Chinese director who has become one of the most important filmmakers of our time. The documentary, directed by Walter Salles, dwells on the question of memory and cinema. In the film, Jia Zhang-ke returns to his birthplace, the Shanxi province in Northern China, and to the locations of his films. His actors, friends, and close collaborators join him as Jia Zhang-ke retraces the inspirational sources behind his films including Xiao Wu, Still Life, 24 City and A Touch of Sin. Through these films, the reflection of a country in convulsion gradually reveals itself. Filmed entirely in China and most specifically in the places in which Jia Zhang-ke is intimate, the documentary portrays the profound and complex relation between the director and his environment. The interviews were conducted by Walter Salles and Jean Michel Frodon.