Overview
Two disaffected, unemployed Chinese youth drift through life on the streets of their industrial town, their paths crossing with that of a local young singer and dancer working for a liquor company as a spokesmodel.
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Setting
Set in Shanxi
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Series
Part of Hometown Trilogy
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Yu Lik-wai
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Jia ZhangkeWriter
- Original title
- 任逍遥
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 6, 2002
- Original language
- Mandarin
- Countries
- China, Japan, France, South Korea
Cast
- Wei Wei ZhaoBin Bin
Zhao TaoQiao Qiao- Qiong WuXiao Ji
Feng QingYuan Yuan
Wang HongweiXiao Wu- Ru BaiBin Bin's Mother
- Xi An LiuXiao Ji's Father
- Shou Lin XuSister Zhu
- Dao XiaoMr. Ren
- Zi YingConcubine
- Zhubin LiQiao San
- Ai Jun RenThe Hairdresser
Wang LiminThe Karaoke Customer
Jia ZhangkeMan singing in street (uncredited)
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