Unknown Pleasures
(2002)
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Unknown Pleasures
(2002)
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Wei Wei Zhao | ... |
Bin Bin
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Qiong Wu | ... |
Xiao Ji
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Qiao Qiao
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Qing Feng Zhou | ... |
Yuan Yuan
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Hongwei Wang | ... |
Xiao Wu
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Ru Bai | ... |
Bin Bin's mother
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Xi An Liu | ... |
Xiao Ji's father
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Shou Lin Xu | ... |
Sister Zhu
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Ren Ai Jun | ... |
Hairdresser
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Dao Xiao | ... |
Mr. Ren
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Zi Ying | ... |
Concubine
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Zhubin Li | ... |
Qiao San
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Ai Jun Ren | ... |
The Hairdresser
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Limin Wang | ... |
The Karaoke Customer
(as Wang Li Min)
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Two unemployed slackers, neither with job prospects nor motivation, hang out in sheltered town in China trying to make sense of their aimless and uncertain futures. As youths, they struggle for individual freedom and the social responsibility that comes along with it. Written by Sujit R. Varma
I saw this film at the IFP LA Film Festival on June 16, 2003. It started out pretty well, but became aimless and sort of meandered. I couldn't root for any of the characters. The background of economically depressed mainland China is interesting, but only for a while. After half an hour, I wanted characters I cared about, but this movie didn't have any. It's not that the young actors weren't talented, it's just that the script was anti-climatic and didn't leave me wanting more, I just wanted the movie to end.