Seventeen-year-old bicycle
- Ali San
- Feb 4, 2001
- 1 min read
Updated: Feb 28, 2024
2001 Dir. Wang Xiaoshuai
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Type: Drama
Director: Wang Xiaoshuai
Screenwriters: Jiao Xiongping/Xu Xiaoming/Tang Danian/Wang Xiaoshuai
Producer: Jiao Xiongping/Han Sanping/Xu Xiaoming/Shi Dongming
Actors: Cui Lin/Li Bin/Gao Yuanyuan/Zhou Xun
Showtimes: 2001-04-24
Seventeen-year-old rural boy Agui (played by Cui Lin) found a job delivering express delivery in Beijing. Because he was promised that when he earned 600 yuan, he could own a silver variable-speed off-road vehicle temporarily loaned to him by the company. He worked hard every day, but just when his dream was about to come true, his bicycle was lost and Agui fell into despair.
Xiaojian (played by Li Bin) is a Beijing boy of the same age as Agui. However, due to his family's poverty, he often feels inferior when it comes to maintaining his pride. After his father repeatedly reneged on his promise to buy him a bicycle, Xiaojian stole money from home to buy a second-hand car in order to earn face and impress his peers (played by Gao Yuanyuan). Lost your valuables. After Agui discovered that the bicycle he relied on for survival had been "stolen" by Xiaojian, he began to desperately get it back at any cost. The two teenagers fought to protect their simple dreams.
Awards
Silver Bear Award at the 51st Berlin International Film Festival
Cui Lin Li Bin, New Talent Award at the 51st Berlin International Film Festival
Nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 51st Berlin International Film Festival
Nominated for Best Film at the 38th Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards
Nominated for Best Director at the 38th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards
Nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 38th Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards
Nominated for Best Cinematography at the 38th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards
Nominated for Best Editing at the 38th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards
Nominated Li Bin for the Best Newcomer Award at the 38th Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards
Cui Lin nominated for Best Actor at the 9th Chlotrudis Independent Film Association
Audience Choice Award at the 3rd Quanzhou International Film Festival
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 7th Satellite Prize Satellite Awards
Nominated for Best Asian Film at the 14th Singapore International Film Festival Silver Screen Awards
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