Film Archive

I Love Beijing

Forum of Independents 2002 / Xiari nuanyangyang / China 2001

A voyage across Beijing with Dezi, a young Beijing taxi driver. A portrait of a city, seeking its identity amidst disappearing ancient values and an unknown future.

Synopsis

Dezi is a young Beijing taxi driver. He meets people whose lives are worlds apart from his. Following Dezi’s taxi, we are taken on a voyage across Beijing. He is always on the move, people and places stream in and out of his life. Dezi’s moves from place to place and woman to woman are much like Beijing’s own search for its identity amidst disappearing ancient values and China’s unknown future.

About the film

80 min / Black & white, 35 mm

Director Ning Ying / Screenplay Ning Dai, Ning Ying / Dir. of Photography Gao Fei / Music Zhu Ziaomin / Editor Ning Ying / Production Happy Village / Cast Yu Lei, Zuo Baitano, Tao Hong, Gai Yi, Liu Miao, Qiu Li

About the director

Ning Ying (1959, Peking) studied at the Beijing Film Academy together with his older colleagues Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige. In 1987 she worked as an assistant for Bernardo Bertolucci on The Last Emperor. Her feature films Somebody Falls in Love with Me (1990), For Fun (1992) and On the Beat (1995) enjoyed international acclaim.