Set in 1998. Two young men, Liu and Gao, come to Beijing from Shandong Province. The cousin who is leaving for Hainan Province entrusts the minibus he contracted to the two men. They run the minibus and compete in the competitive suburban transport market.
Acting
Huang Bo's breakout — watch a star being forged in fire.
Direction
Guan Hu's debut already shows his merciless eye for street life.
Director
Guan Hu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during China's massive internal migration wave, it captures the 'floating population' that built modern Beijing but was never allowed to belong.
Guan Hu made this for Chinese television but it was shelved for years — too honest about class violence for official tastes. Huang Bo was paid basically nothing.
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