Two unemployed slackers, neither with job prospects nor motivation, hang out in sheltered town in China trying to make sense of their aimless and uncertain futures. As youths, they struggle for individual freedom and the social responsibility that comes along with it.
With Unknown Pleasures, director Jia Zhangke (A Touch of Sin) wanted to portray the new generation that was emerging China, the so called "birth control" generation. These were kids who grew up in front of TV and computer screens and were fed with everything the media would allow. The whole film was shot only with a digital camera due to budget constraints, but I think it makes it more realistic without all the refining filters and whatnot. A great film showing how hard it can be growing up in a modern world, and not knowing where to belong.
Genre: Drama
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