Beijing Bicycle [2002] [DVD] - Region 0 DVD
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Beijing Bicycle kicks off like an updated Chinese reworking of the 1948 Italian neo-realist classic Bicycle Thieves: a worker, dependent on his bike for his job, has it stolen and doggedly sets out to get it back. But pretty soon Wang Xiaoshuai's film mutates into something more elemental: a battle of wills between peasant lad Guei, original owner of the bike, and Jian, a surly urban schoolkid who claims to have bought it second-hand. For both the bike is status: for Guei it secures him his job as a courier, while for Jian it lets him keep up with his peers and chat up the girl he fancies. Each sees himself as the rightful owner
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Manufacturer: Palisades Tartan
Release date: 18 November 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5023965339928
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Release date: 18 November 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5023965339928