CHINA · 2002

Unknown Pleasures

Jia Zhangke
Chinese Sixth Generation urban unemployment youth aimlessness post industrial china social alienation class struggle
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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.

Year2002
CountryChina
DirectorJia Zhangke
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