The turn of the century finds China opening it's doors to the world. At this juncture the director focuses his lenses on the lives of Bin Bin (Wei Wei Zhao) and Xiao Ji (Qiong Wu), two dispirited youths who live in a remote Chinese city near the Mongolian border. Even in this dead end city, western infleunce slowly creeps into their lives. A dollar bill here, a Coke there, westernized Chinese pop music and references to the Monkey King are juxtaposed with talk of Pulp Fiction. As the world around them changes, the lads find everything leaving them behind including their love interests (Tao Zhao, Qing Feng Zhou). Another well constructed film from Jia Zhang Ke.Rating: * * +
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