1993 · drama · music · art house
Beijing Bastards
Directed by Zhang Yuan1h 28m1993
A rock musician looks for his girl-friend who left while pregnant, trying to decide whether to keep the baby.
Our read: Beijing Bastards (1993) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · music · art house entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / music, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- bleak
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