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Beijing Bicycle

2001 · 113 min

A quietly grinding, socially observant drama that makes you feel the weight of small injustices and the stubbornness of youth.

Directed by: Wang Xiaoshuai
Genres: Drama
Starring: Cui Lin, Li Bin, Zhou Xun

Tagline: One bicycle, two lives.
Overview: A seventeen-year-old country boy working in Beijing as a courier has his bicycle stolen, and finds it with a schoolboy his age.

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Directed by: Wang Xiaoshuai
Genres: Drama
Starring: Cui Lin, Li Bin, Zhou Xun

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
coming-of-age
identity
justice
survival
Places: big city
workplace
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Wang Xiaoshuai
Written by: Peggy Chiao, Hsu Hsiao-ming, Tang Danian
Starring: Cui Lin, Li Bin, Zhou Xun, Gao Yuanyuan, Zhao Yiwei, Pang Yan, Zhou Fangfei, Xie Jian
Music: Wang Feng
Cinematography: Liu Jie
Runtime: 113 min
Country: China, France, Taiwan
Languages: Mandarin

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