Han Jie’s feature debut draws on his own experiences growing up in a desolate mining district in northern China’s Shanxi province. A Chinese road movie, Walking on the Wild Side charts a young gang’s continuous flights from one kind of trouble to the next. Mirroring the stark and barren landscape, the film relays the grim story of these delinquents’ dreams of liberty and easy money. Played by nonprofessional actors who are real life troublemakers, the film offers a realism that is at once oppressive, cruel, and sympathetic.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Bai Paijiang, Guo Qiang, Lu Jie, Zhao Tao
Crew: Han Jie (Director), Han Jie (Screenplay), Wang Yu (Producer), Xu Wei (Director of Photography), Natacha Devillers (Producer), Jia Zhangke (Producer)
Country: China, France
Language: 普通话
Studio: Xstream Pictures, Les Petites Lumieres
Runtime: 89 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Mar 24, 2006
IMDb: 5
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