Unknown Pleasures (film)
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| Unknown Pleasures | |
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 Cannes Film Festival One-sheet |
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| Directed by | Jia Zhangke |
| Produced by | Shozo Ichiyama Li Kit Ming |
| Written by | Jia Zhangke |
| Starring | Zhao Weiwei Wu Qiong Zhao Tao |
| Cinematography | Nelson Yu Lik-wai |
| Editing by | Chow Keung |
| Distributed by | United States: New Yorker Films |
| Release date(s) | Cannes: May 23, 2002 United States: March 26, 2003 |
| Running time | France: 113 min Japan:112 min. |
| Country | China |
| Language | Jin Chinese, Mandarin Chinese |
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Unknown Pleasures (Chinese: 任逍遥; pinyin: Rèn xiāo yáo) is a 2002 Chinese movie directed by Jia Zhangke, starring Zhao Weiwei and Zhao Tao.
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[edit] Plot Outline
Bin Bin (the son of an unemployed Falun Gong member) and Xiao Ji (in love with the girlfriend of a Mongolian liquor thug) wander unemployed through the Datong and eventually commit robbery.
[edit] References
The title is more accurately translated as “Free from All Constraints," which director Jia has claimed refers to a poem by the philosopher Zhuangzi, in which the Taoist suggests a life in search of absolute freedom and pleasure. Jia has mentioned that the character Qiao’s butterfly tattoo also relates to this theme. (See [[1]]) "Ren Xiao Yao" is also the title of a hit pop-song in 2001 which is sung multiple times throughout the film. The film contains multiple references to Pulp Fiction.
[edit] Awards
- Cannes Film Festival, 2002
- Palme d'Or (nominated)
- Singapore International Film Festival, 2003
- FIPRESCI/NETPAC Award — Jia Zhangke
[edit] External links
- Unknown Pleasures at the Internet Movie Database
- Unknown Pleasures at Allmovie
- The Grit of Postsocialist Discourse: Realist Aesthetics in Platform and Unknown Pleasures
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