Unknown Pleasures

Unknown Pleasures

6.5IMDb Score
Released:2002-06-06
Duration:112 min
Director:Jia Zhangke
Actors:Wei Wei Zhao, Zhao Tao, Qiong Wu, Feng Qing, Wang Hongwei
Production:Office Kitano, Lumen Films, E-Pictures, T-Mark, Hu Tong Communications, Bitters End

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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