Unknown Pleasures

Jia Zhangke

IndieLisboa 2005 •

China, Fiction, 2002, 113′

Nineteen years old and jobless best friends Xiao Ji and Bin Bin spend lots of time just hanging around. Xiao Ji puts the move on pretty Qiao Qiao, a dancer-model with a thug boyfriend. Bin Bin is not convinced the army may be his only way out. These young people represents the generation born in the 80’s, during the years of the politics of a son for couple, and that, therefore, never had brothers or sisters. For this nonchalant generation thet sees the future dictated by financial gain, it’s sometimes too difficult to resist the temptation of easy money. Especially when they don’t see the point of living past 30…