Beijing Bicycle (2002)
January 25, 2002Release Date
Beijing Bicycle (2002)
January 25, 2002Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Cui Lin
Guo Liangui
Li Bin
Jian
Zhou Xun
Qin
Bin Li
Jian
Gao Yuanyuan
Xiao
Yiwei Zhao
Father
Yan Pang
Mother
Fangfei Zhou
Rongrong
Jian Xie
Manager
Yan Pang
Mother
Yuhong Ma
Accountant
Lei Liu
Mantis
Li Mengnan
Qiu Sheng
Li Shuang
Da Huan
Peggy Chiao
Screenplay / Producer
Hsu Hsiao-Ming
Screenplay / Producer
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Beijing Bicycle (Chinese: 十七岁的单车) is a 2001 Chinese drama film by Sixth Generation Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai, with joint investment from the Taiwanese Arc Light Films and the French Pyramide Productions. The film stars first-time actors Cui Lin and Li Bin, supported by the already established actresses Zhou Xun and Gao Yuanyuan. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on 17 February 2001 and won the Jury Grand Prix, but was subsequently banned in Mainland China. The ban was eventually lifted in 2004.Beijing Bicycle revolves around a seventeen-year-old boy Guei (Cui) from the countryside who came to Beijing to seek work. He finds a job with a courier company, which assigns him a brand-new bicycle. After it is stolen one day, the stubborn Guei goes on a search for his missing bicycle. At the other end of the city, Jian (Li) is a schoolboy who buys Guei's stolen bicycle from a second-hand market. When Guei's search brings the two boys together, more than the ownership of the bicycle is brought into question. The film explores the theme of youth as well as several social issues, including class, youth delinquency, theft, and rural-urban socio-economic divisions and change.