Beijing Bicycle Movie Review 2001

Guei (Lin) leaves his provincial home and gets a job as a bike messenger in Beijing where most of his meager wages go to purchase his mountain bike. His bike is stolen and Guei loses his job. He finally discovers that petulant high schooler Jian (Bin), whose father wouldn't buy him a bike of his own, has purchased Geui's from a flea market and, because he can now join his friends riding after school, he refuses to let it go. Their confrontation turns violent as more and more people become involved. Chinese with subtitles.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 113 minutes.
Originally from Taiwanese, French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

China, Teen Angst, Bicycling, Hard Knock Life

Screenplay

Xiaoshuai Wang, Danian Tang, Peggy Chiao, Hsiang-Ming Hsu

Cast

Cui Lin, Li Bin, Zhou Xun, Gao Yuanyuahn, Li Shuang, Zhao Yiwel, Pang Yan

Cinematography

Jie Liu

Director

Xiaoshuai Wang

Music

Wang Hsiao Feng

Other

Ching-Song Liao, Chao-Yi Tsai, Anjun Cao

Producer

Peggy Chiao, Hsiao-Ming Hsu, Sony Pictures Classics