Taking Father Home () is an independent Chinese film. It is the first feature from Chinese director Ying Liang. The entire movie was shot with a borrowed camera. The Chinese title directly translates as "the duck-carrying boy," which is a motif recurring throughout the film. Plot The film opens with a shot of Xu Yun, shirtless, speaking to his mother. Their village in Sichuan province is about to be relocated to make room for a government industrial zone, and Xu Yun declares that he will search for his father, who has been gone for six years, in the city of Zigong. He has no money, so he carries a basket with two ducks to sell in the city. He brings along a large knife inscribed with his father's name. On the bus to Zigong, Xu Yun meets a scar-faced older man who catches a pickpocket to earn a reward, and tells Xu Yun that the shameless are afraid of the desperate. He shows him how to eat watermelon "like a man" and advises him not to let himself be bullied. The older man helps Xu Yun find a place to stay, but as soon as he leaves, Xu Yun is kicked out and sent to the police station. He is released, but left homeless on the street. One of the police officers finds him and offers to let him stay for the night. The officer tries to get him to return to his village the next morning, but Xu Yun resists. On a radio broadcast, he hears that the scar-faced man from earlier is wanted for a murder. Xu Yun and the officer continue the search for Xu Yun's father, which turns out to be a wild goose chase. Taking a break from the search, the officer takes him to a scenic place along the river, and while Xu Yun goes swimming, the officer is attacked by a gang. In the hospital, Xu Yun overhears a woman talking to his father on the phone. He follows her home as a flood warning rings across the city, instructing residents to evacuate. Instead of meeting his father, he kicks the door and runs away. As he walks back to the hospital, he sees the scar-faced man get beaten by a gang and taken away in a van. When he gets back to the hospital to check on the officer, he is told