Synopsis
A seventeen-year-old country boy working in Beijing as a courier has his bicycle stolen, and finds it with a schoolboy his age.
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Cast
- Cui LinGuo Liangui
- Li BinJian
- Zhou XunQin
- Gao YuanyuanXiao
- Yiwei ZhaoFather
- Yan PangMother
- Fangfei ZhouRongrong
- Jian XieManager
- Yuhong MaAccountant
- Liu GuanchengMantis
Recommendations
- 100
Los Angeles Times
With this masterful, flawless film, Xiaoshuai emerges in the front ranks of China's now numerous, world-renowned filmmakers. - 83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
An absorbing slice of the New China and a fascinating duel between two magnificently stubborn antagonists. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Beijing Bicycle is a good film that owes a huge debt to a better film. And that, of course, is Vittorio De Sica's "The Bicycle Thief." - 75
New York Daily News
The movie is filled with sweetly funny moments, but its exposure of class, income and cultural differences makes it an uneasy charmer right up to its violent denouement. - 70
New Times (L.A.)
Shot in the mean streets of a great and compelling city, here's a fascinating vision of societal upheaval that would likely awe De Sica himself. - 63
Miami Herald
Though beautiful at times, it doesn't reach the level of poetry of either de Sica's "Thief" or Lou's "River." - 60
Washington Post
Beautifully filmed and very atmospheric in terms of evoking the sights and sounds of modern-day Beijing, this Chinese movie suffers a flat tire about halfway through. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
Wang's film offers an interesting look at the rapidly changing face of Beijing.
