Unknown Pleasures

Datong, 2001, an industrial town where Bin Bin (Wei Wei Zhao) and Xiao Ji (Qiong Wu) have no jobs and nothing to do but wander its streets. Jia Zhangke follows them as they cross paths with Qiao Qiao (Zhao Tao), a young singer and dancer who promotes a liquor brand. They belong to the "Birth Control" generation, raised on Western and Chinese pop culture and watching their own lives through a screen.