Drifters (Er Di)
Directed by Wang Xiaoshuai
China, 2004. Mandarin.

A loafer returns to his Chinese birthplace after being thrown out of the US – again – this time for impregnating his boss's daughter. His trips to America give him some status back home in Fujian province, but do not help dispel his family's disillusionment with their slacker “second son.” This is a moving and beautifully shot drama that offers a glimpse of the complex consequences of migration, immigration and re-migration.

Awards and Festivals
Un Certain Regard – Cannes Film Festival
Rotterdam, Seattle Int'l FF, Thessaloniki, Calgary, Vancouver, Karlovy Vary, Toronto, AFI Fest

Xiaoshuai Wang - Director
Award-winning director of Beijing Bicycle and Shanghai Dreams. Graduate of the Beijing Film Academy and one of China's famed Sixth Generation directors. In 1993, he wrote and directed The Days, which garnered praise from Western film critics but was blacklisted by the China Film Bureau, along with the director himself. He submitted his next film Frozen to various international film festivals under the name “Wu Min” (Anonymous). Other films include So Close to Paradise (1998), The House (1999) and Beijing Bicycle (2001). This last film won the Best Silver Bear and the Best Young Actor Awards at the 2001 Berlin Film Festival.