The film also received a silver screen award nomination for best asian feature film at the 2001 singapore international film festival. This is a chinese dramatic movie about a 17 year old boy named guei. But just as he makes his final payment, the bicycles is stolen. Beijing bicycle is a 2001 chinese drama film by sixth generation chinese director wang xiaoshuai, with joint investment from the taiwanese arc light films and the french pyramide productions. He soon finds a job as a bike messenger in which he gets a. The company issues him a bike, which he must pay for out of his wages. Guei cui lin is a simple kid from the country who gets hired on as a bicycle delivery boy in beijing. Beijing bicycle is a subtle, beautifully made film and a seemingly goodnatured social commentary on contemporary beijing. Guei is a hard working country boy who, one day saves up enough money to buy a bicycle so he can ride to work.
This film was screened at the 2001 toronto film festival. Gueis bicycle is stolen and sold to jian and the events in the film become linked by the bicycles literal and metaphorical significance. He finds a job with a courier company, which assigns him a brandnew bicycle. Beijing bicycle, on the other hand, can serve as an instructional manual for any highschool bully wannabes on how to reduce the stammering geek next door to a shell of a man. Apr 25, 2001 contemporary hollywood pumps out teenage movies by the dozen each year, and most simply gloss over the amount of pain and awkwardness adolescence can bring. To understand the deeper meaning of the bicycle, viewers need to understand that in china, ownership of a bicycle is or at least was a sign of prosperity and resourcefulness and is a key mode of. Coming to the website, you will enjoy the high quality hd movie playback at high. Avec cui lin, li bin, xun zhou, gao yuanyuan, li shuang. Beijing bicycle is a 2001 chinese drama film by sixth generation chinese director wang xiaoshuai, with joint investment.
He finds work with a delivery service that cleans him up, clothes him, and lends him a bicycle. He soon finds a job as a bike messenger in which he gets a percentage of each delivery, working hard to build up enough credit to own the bike for himself. Full list episodes beijing bicycle english sub viewasian, beijing bicycle revolves around a seventeenyearold boy guei cui from the countryside who came to beijing to seek work. The story is about two teenagers who live in beijing. The films climax is an interesting shootout of sorts, but plays out as overdramatically as matt dillon crawling through the streets at the end of the outsiders. A seventeenyearold country boy working in beijing as a courier has his bicycle stolen, and finds it with a schoolboy his age. Directed by wang xiaoshuai in 2001 the film revolves around a poor country teen guei who came to beijing to seek work and a schoolboy jian from a workingclass family in the city. If you like beijing bicycle you are looking for touching, emotional and serious movies about with delivery, bicycle, teenage life, fish out of water, youth, gang and life is a bitch themes of drama genre shot in france or taiwan.
List of films about bicycles and cycling wikipedia. Pubblico potrebbe scovare figura e cd nel vostro lettore dvd. A young country boy, guei, works in beijing as a courier. The company pays well, but xiao gui must pay part of the money back to buy the bicycle on which. Beijing bicycle 2001 ganzer film deutsch hd filme online.
It premiered at the berlin international film festival on 17 february 2001 and won the jury grand prix, but was subsequently banned in mainland china. Watch beijing bicycle movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. This sad movie focuses on one bike and the part it plays in the lives of two young characters one trying to make a living, the other trying to gain respect. As the final film in the 2001 silk screen festival, so too is beijing bicycle rather more than a few humble paragraphs of summary or analysis and while it is perhaps a finish to the festival, it is only a step in negotiating the relationships of modern life in an old city. Having spent much of his life in the chinese countryside, guei finally makes it to the big city of beijing. Guei has left his village behind and has come to the city with great expectations. He soon finds a job as a bike messenger in which he gets a percentage of each delivery.
Le film beijing bicycle 2001 vostfr admin 20170710t00. The film was released in cinemas in the united states on 11 january 2002 and over its 24 days on screen. At the same time, on the other side of beijing, jian, a young, poor, city boy has a new bicycle which he uses to win over his crush, xiao. Beijing bicycle received commercial release in the u. Both films focus on a workingclass male whose bicycle is crucial to his employment, which, in turn, is crucial to his survival. One of the teenagers has just arrived from the countryside. This winner of the 2001 berlin international film festivals silver bear award brings to mind other classic youth culture conflict films like west side story and rebel without a cause, while its theme of perseverance despite loss told in a story surrounding the. The third instalment of the 2001 silk screen collection, wang xiaoshuais beijing bicycle 2001, is an ode to the bicycle that has readily become a symbol of mainland china.
Beijing bicycle 2001, cui lin, li bin, zhou xun, gao yuanyuan, li shuang share. It takes some time, however, before he finds himself a job as a bicycle courier, earning ten yuan for each trip. Beijing bicycle may be rented or purchased for use in the classroom. In 2010 wang was appointed a chevalier of the ordre des arts et des lettres. Beijing bicycle 2001, directed by wang xiaoshuai teachers will need a dvd copy of the film to correspond with the writte n lesson material. After it is stolen one day, the stubborn guei goes on a search for his missing bicycle. Trailer di beijing bicycle 2001 guardare beijing bicycle streaming ita hcvmi.
Beijing bicycle is introduced with a captivating style young men, mostly from poor farm families, appear oncamera individually and address the audience as they are interviewed for prestigious. Full episodes of beijing bicycle english sub viewasian. Wang xiaoshuai the bicycle may be only a material symbol, but its also a symbol of china. Guei is a teenager who arrives in the big city looking for work.
Beijing bicycle is the chinese version of the italian film bicycle thief, and with this in mind the audience should not be disappointed. Its therefore understandable that the movie can be very difficult to watch at moments. Many of wangs works are known for their sensitive portrayal of teens and youths, most notable in films such as beijing bicycle, so close to paradise, drifters, and shanghai dreams. Its just very frustrating to see the potential being squandered. But that better version of the picture must have been one of the packages left undelivered when guei lost his bike and couldnt finish his route. A wellhoned and often diverting chinese riff on the bicycle thief, indie mainland director wang xiaoshuais beijing bicycle overplays its slim hand by a good two reels. Beijing bicycle is a beautifully filmed and brilliantly crafted snapshot of teenage culture in a modernday china urban setting.
Li tienandongchun films s o measured is the pacing. To american audiences, beijing bicycle may seem like a lot of pointless fights and handwringing over a common and easilyreplaceable object. But its amazing how quickly beijing bicycle pulls you into its harrowing, surprisingly brutal story of a boy and his lost bike. Guei is a poor 17yearold boy from the country who works for a courier company on arriving in beijing. Mar 29, 20 this is the opening song to xiaoshuai wangs film beijing bicycle 2001. Beijing bicycle 2001 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
One of the teenagers has just arrived from the countryside and the other has lived in the city his whole life. He is able to find employment with a delivery service with several other boys his age. The film clinched the jury grand prix silver bear award and its two young lead actors, cui lin and li bin, were bestowed the new talent award. Beijing bicycle 2001 a young country boy, guei cui lin comes to the big city determined to make it. International film classroom 1 beijing bicycle 2001, d. The conflict between the two has only just started. At first, hes awestruck and amazed by the hectic scenes around him, but the harsh reality of urban life soon hits home when his work bicycle is stolen. Watch full episode of beijing bicycle chinese drama. The silver mountain bike he now rides will be his once he earns 600 yuan. Beijing bicycle 2001 regarder par lin cui, bin li, xun zhou, yuanyuan gao. Related movie and tv lists best chinese movies most popular chinese movies best.
The film stars firsttime actors cui lin and li bin, supported by the already established actresses zhou xun and gao yuanyuan. With both boys claiming the bike is theirs, a series of fights ensues over what is more than ju. Beijing bicycle is a sort of update of bicycle thieves, but the bike is found quite quickly the main part of the film is what happens next. This is a list of films about bicycles and cycling, featuring notable films where bicycles and cycling play a central role in the development of the plot. Beijing bicycle, with its original chinese title as seventeenyearolds bicycle, or the bicycle i had when i was seventeen, is a story about youth and growth. Set in contemporary beijing, the film traces the fortunes and misfortunes of two seventeenyearold males, one from the city and one from the countryside. If the film s persistent why doesnt he just fill in the blank. This winner of the 2001 berlin international film festivals silver bear award brings to mind other classic youth culture conflict films like west side story and rebel without a cause, while its theme of perseverance despite loss told in a story. His 2008 film in love we trust was an exception as it portrays marital strains. In the film, two seventeenyearold boys, one of whom is a country boy coming to beijing to make a living as a courier, the other. A young country boy, guei cui lin comes to the big city determined to make it. Complete guide to the best mandarin movies to learn chinese.
In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Beijing bicycle premiered on 17 february 2001, during the berlin international film festival. As it is beijing bicycle isnt awful, merely sort of mediocre. Director wang xiaoshuai, on the making of beijing bicycle according to the beijing municipal statistics bureau, one in four residents of beijing is a migrant from. While yangs films may be obscure in parts due to the audiences incomplete information, this film feels deliberately obtuse as a stylistic effect. Beijing bicycle revolves around a seventeenyearold boy guei cui from the countryside who came to beijing to seek work. He is giving a bicycle to make his deliveries with. Beijing bicycle 2001 streaming sub ita film completo.
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