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Unknown Pleasures

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Unknown Pleasures
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NR,1hr 53min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
March 28, 2003
Director:
Jia Zhang Ke
Distributor:
New Yorker Films
Starring:
Zhao Tao, Zhao Wei Wei, Wu Qiong  ...more
Synopsis: Unknown Pleasures takes place in China, in the small city of Datong, in 2001, where disaffected teenagers look for any kind of excitement to enliven their dreary existence. Bin Bin (Zhao Wei Wei) dates a quiet student, Yuan Yuan (Zhou Qing Feng) who's thinking of going to university in Beijing. They spend their time together holding hands, watching karaoke and Monkey King videos, and despairing for the future. Bin Bin envies the Monkey King his freedom. Bin Bin has quit his job at a local market, ... Full Synopsis
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J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Unknown Pleasures suggests a coolly formalist reinvention of neorealism. The film is both distanced and immediate -- a fiction with the force of documentary. Full Review
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61
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Based on 10 critic reviews
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Zhao Tao
Qiao Qiao
Zhao Wei Wei
Bin Bin
Wu Qiong
Xiao Ji
Zhou Qing Feng
Yuan Yuan
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