BEIJING BICYCLE (2001)

Beijing Bicycle is the Chinese version of the Italian film Bicycle Thief, and with this in mind the audience should not be disappointed.  The story is about two teenagers who live in Beijing.  One of the teenagers has just arrived from the countryside and the other has lived in the city his whole life.  A social economic message is delivered through these two teenagers, an owner and a thief of a mountain bike, and is intertwined with adolescent obstructions of coming to age.  Overall, this is a solid film experience.

DIRECTED BY

Xiaoshuai Wang

COUNTRY

China

REVIEWED
BY KIM ANEHALL – 8/2/2002
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