My People, My Homeland Explained

My People, My Homeland is a 2020 Chinese anthology comedy film. The film consists of five short stories^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} that take place in Beijing, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Hangzhou, and Shenyang.^[6] The film was a financial success, grossing over $433.2 million worldwide.^{[7] [1]} The film is a sequel to My People, My Country (2019), and it is followed by another sequel, My Country, My Parents (2021).

Story

Beijing Good People

An interesting story about Zhang Beijing helping his uncle's treatment in Beijing.

UFO fell from the sky

The UFO appeared in Afu Village in Qiannan, Guizhou. Reporter Tang, scientists Dong Xuexue and Xiao Qin of the "Re-entry Science" project team went deep into the village to investigate. Village chief Wang Shouzheng and businessman Wang Chuqi warmly welcomed the three, but during the investigation, there were others who had other ideas.

Last Lesson

Lao Fan suffers from Alzheimer's disease. His children sought help from Wangxi Village and wanted to repeat the last lesson of 1992 to help Teacher Fan recover his memory. The students of Teacher Fan did their best to recover the "children" and the downpour.

The Way Home

"Sand Apple" distributor Qiao Shulin and e-commerce anchor Yan Feiyan went back to their hometown when they returned to their alma mater to participate in the celebration. The touching story of Qiao Shulin who loves bragging and Yan Feiyan who dislikes him.

Ma Liang

Ma Liang was born in a mountain village in the northeast. He gave up his studies at a key Russian art school and returned to his hometown to help his hometown develop. In order not to let his wife Qiuxia find out, he and the villagers are pretending to live in Russia. By chance, Qiuxia went to Ma Liang's hometown.

Title	Director	Writers	Music	Cinematography	Editing
A Mystery of UFO		Sicheng Chen Huan Shu Peng Li Wusi Liu Quan Lixuan Yi Yu Peng Xu Sun Shaokang Rongshuo Xu	Xiao'ou Hu	Michael Liu	Hongjia Tang
The Way Back to Hometown	Chao Deng Baimei Yu	Baimei Yu Qi Yin Yan Zhang Xia Jiang Yan Zhang Mengxi Qin Mengyuan Li	Zhao Lin	Max Da-Yung Wang	Yiran Tu
A Beijing Good Person		Ziye Wang Wang Ang	Li Heng	Boxue Wang	Aiyu Qiao
The Magical Touches	Da-Mo Peng Fei Yan	Da-Mo Peng Fei Yan Xing Wenxiong Sun Xiaoxian	Fei Peng	Ming Sun	Xiaolin Zhou
The Last Class		Bululufu Keke He Hua Weilin Zheng Xu		Yu Cao

Release

The film became the twelfth highest-grossing film in China with box office earnings at RMB 2.83 billion.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wo He Wo De Jia Xiang (2020) - Financial Information. The Numbers. 30 July 2023. 10 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230410165926/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Wo-He-Wo-De-Jia-Xiang-(2020-China). live.
2. Web site: China Box Office: 'My People, My Homeland' Soars Past $300M as Recovery Continues | Hollywood Reporter. www.hollywoodreporter.com. 12 October 2020. 13 October 2020. 14 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201014174549/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-my-people-my-homeland-soars-past-300m-as-recovery-continues. live.
3. Web site: At The Movies: Patriotic pride helps storytelling in Chinese anthology film My People, My Homeland. October 7, 2020. The Straits Times. October 13, 2020. October 13, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201013083851/https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/at-the-movies-patriotic-pride-helps-storytelling-in-chinese-anthology-film-my. live.
4. Web site: Box Office: 'Jiang Ziya' And 'My People My Homeland' Nab Boffo National Day Debuts In China. Scott. Mendelson. Forbes. 2020-10-13. 2020-10-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20201007225349/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2020/10/02/movies-box-office-china-jiang-ziya-53m-my-people-my-homeland-40m--tenet-mulan-wonder-woman/. live.
5. Web site: 'Tenet' Tops $300M Global; China's National Day Pics Lead 2020 WW Openers & Set IMAX Records – International Box Office. Nancy. Tartaglione. October 4, 2020. October 13, 2020. October 10, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201010222956/https://deadline.com/2020/10/tenet-after-we-collided-legend-of-deification-my-people-my-homeland-greenland-china-overtake-us-global-international-box-office-weekend-1234591000/. live.
6. Web site: 新京报 - 好新闻，无止境. 2020-11-17. www.bjnews.com.cn. 2020-10-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20201001150133/http://www.bjnews.com.cn/ent/2020/08/11/757418.html. live.
7. Web site: My People, My Homeland. 2020-12-29. 2020-10-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20201010084449/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt12363162/?ref_=bo_se_r_1. live.
8. Web site: 影片总票房排行榜. 2020-12-29. piaofang.maoyan.com. 2021-02-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20210217150332/https://piaofang.maoyan.com/rankings/year. live.
9. News: https://new.qq.com/omn/20211230/20211230A0CYFV00.html . zh:第34届中国电影金鸡奖完整名单 . qq.com . 30 December 2021 . 4 January 2022 . zh . 31 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211231054132/https://new.qq.com/omn/20211230/20211230A0CYFV00.html . live .