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: The film follows Xiao Wu, a small-time thief in Fenyang who becomes a "misfit" as his friends and society transition toward capitalism. His former partner-in-crime has become a "model entrepreneur," while Xiao Wu remains stuck in his old ways.

Jia Zhangke’s debut feature, Xiao Wu , is a landmark of Chinese independent cinema. It follows a small-time pickpocket in Fenyang, a rural town in Shanxi province, as he watches the world modernize around him—without him. xiao wu 1997

When discussing the pivotal moments in world cinema, few films capture the disorienting vertigo of economic transition as brutally and beautifully as . Officially titled Pickpocket in English but universally known by its Mandarin protagonist’s name, Xiao Wu 1997 is the film that launched director Jia Zhangke into the pantheon of global auteurs. More than two decades later, this low-budget, independent feature remains the definitive cinematic document of China’s transformation from a socialist collective to a capitalist wild west. : The film follows Xiao Wu, a small-time