Li Qinqin – MRQE

Xiari nuanyangyang

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Filmmaker Ning Ying returns to her favorite theme the gradual decay of traditional Chinese values and culture at the dawn of the 21st century in this low-key drama. Desi (Yu Lei) is a cab driver who has recently broken up with his wife. Lonely, Desi is searching for a new love, and as he drifts through Beijing in search of fares and a girlfriend, he sees a city that is increasingly bending to the influence of the West, with traditional pastimes and customs forced to make way for the onslaught of the free-market economy. Xia Ri Nuan Yangyang has been screened on the international film festival circuit in two different versions; the cut shown at the 2001 Rotterdam Film Festival ran 99 minutes, while the film was only 79 minutes when it appeared at the Berlin Film Festival that same year.

Ba ta zhi guang

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Divorced food critic Gu Wentong finds out where the father he had lost contact with as a child is now living. Meanwhile, he begins a relationship with a younger colleague. People come close and move away, but the images and sounds remain to bear witness.

Rou qing shi

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Wu is in her mid-twenties and lives with her mother in a traditional one-story house in one of Beijings hutongs. Both consider themselves to be writers, but success has so far eluded them. The fact that Wu is supported by a divorced, elderly man helps the women through lean periods. Their unhealthily close relationship is characterized by reproaches and quibbling; only during meals do they appear to lay down their verbal weapons. The situation escalates when both Wu and her mother hit an emotional low.

Walking Past the Future

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A second generation migrant with a dehumanizing factory job returns to the land her family members left behind when they went to the city for a better life.

Ka la shi tiao gou

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The humdrum existence of a Beijing factory worker and his family is disrupted when their beloved dog is confiscated by the police for being unlicensed. The worker has but 24 hours to raise the sizable sum required to pay the license fee.

A Great Wall

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When computer programmer, Leo Fang, is passed up for promotion, he feels it is because he is Chinese, and quits. He takes his Chinese-American family to Mainland China to visit his relatives, the Chao’s for a vacation. The clash of cultures, between the men, wives, and teenagers, leads to some confusion, and misunderstanding.