- Where are they? - Still at it
I hear they broke the bed!
They didn't mean to
It could be true, anything's possible
Got a light?
Don't tell anyone, they'll kill you
Erbao's tractor was in a smash-up
It was in Longwangkou
The corpse is still lying there, you know
When was it?
Day before yesterday
Now the Peasant Culture Group...
...from Fenyang will perform...
...Train Heading for Shaoshan
"A southbound train...
"...races across the sunny land
"It's heading for Shaoshan!
"Chairman Mao's hometown!
"Look, here they come!"
Wheels flying, whistle blowing
Train heading for Shaoshan!
Over mountains, across rivers...
Towards the radiant sun
"Comrades, next stop Shaoshan
"Chairman Mao's hometown
"Really?
"Miss...
"How much longer to Shaoshan?
"Forty minutes, sir
"See, this gentleman finds the train too slow
"Young folk, don't you know..."
Learn from Dazhai Commune
Where poor farmers raised the red flag
They united in action
Fearless and practical, they acted as one
Everyone on board?
Roll call
- Li Hongyun? - Yes
Yao Eryong?
Yin Ruijuan?
Wen Xuefeng?
Zhang Jun?
- Where were you? - Toilet
Shangli Hongli?
Li Yang?
Yuan Fenglin?
Guo Xiaoyan?
Wu Jingming?
Cui Mingliang?
Lu Jinghuan?
Wang Xiaoling?
Zhang Xiaohong?
Zhong Ping?
Sun Lijuan?
Song Yongping?
- Cui Mingliang? - In the toilet
Slackers hog the toilet
He's not a slacker!
Driver Xue, sound the horn
- Zhang Jun, your trousers? - Wearing them!
It's really cold!
- No, the other pair - Performance over?
Of course! I'm on the bus!
Are you?
- Aren't I? - No discipline!
- Everyone was waiting! - Are you in charge?
You understand collectivism?
Give me a break! I'm not that late
- I didn't spoil the show - Didn't you?
You think you were okay?
- What do you think? - I'm not bad
What the hell were those train sounds?
I don't know how a train sounds!
Never taken a train?
Even if you've never tasted pork, you must have seen a pig!
I've only heard one!
Seen The Train Driver's Son?
Seen Railway Guerrillas?
I'm not a train driver's son
Forget it, Mingliang
Finished?
Let's move
Ready yet, Mum?
Can't you make yourself useful?
More chores? Have you asked Brother?
Who's older, you or him?
You should have had him first then
Shouldn't have had you at all!
We're different! I'm an art worker, I use my brain
Really? Here, you follow orders
Then I'll stop coming home
Yes, society needs you, live outside!
- Lf you won't feed me, the Party will - Get out!
He slashed girls' trousers with a razor
He used to cut the girls too, until he got more skilful
Then the girls didn't notice...
...until they got home
- Pretty bad - Your trousers, Zhang Jun
The bottoms are so wide! I could sweep the streets with them!
Didn't you see this boiling?
Where did you get those bellbottoms?
My Auntie got them in Guangzhou
Your Auntie bought them for you?
They're trendy in the big cities, you know
Then you should go and live there!
I would if I could!
Mum, you should liberate your thoughts!
You should try self-criticism!
Watch out they don't lock you all up
Men need to let off steam!
No legwarmers? Catch your death, then
Come on!
- Want a pair, Eryong? - And get my legs cut?
Who'd want to do that, idiot?
Come on, help unload the logs
Okay
Your hat
Hey!
- What are those trousers? - Bellbottoms
What?
Bellbottom trousers
- Can you squat in them? - Of course
Show me
Squat
- See? - Okay
People can work in those trousers?
I'm an art worker, no manual work
You sound more like a capitalist roader
I can't talk to you
What's the time?
See, there they are
Really?
Them? That Cui Mingliang looks like a real idiot
Why not teach him a lesson?
- Go on! - I don't dare
I do
What time do you call this?
Sorry, my watch stopped
Not smart enough?
Stupid!
- What are those trousers? - Same as his
lmitating others like a kid!
- They're in fashion - One good turn...
It's starting, it'll be sold out!
Buy the tickets!
Quick!
Go on!
I'm a rambler
'm a rambler
A rambler's fate is sad
'm a rambler
won't disguise who I am
'm a rambler
Yin Ruijuan of the Cultural Team!
Someone wants you outside!
Yin Ruijuan of the Cultural Team!
Someone wants you outside!
Dad!
- Why are you here? - I'm not with a crowd
- Who are you with? - Zhong Ping
- Learn from good people! - What do you mean?
Face the wall!
You're easily led, always seeing foreign movies
Cui Mingliang!
Sir
You're seeing this film too
Why have you come out?
- I have a report to write - Really?
I have to go
You can write reports?
- Go back and watch it - No, I don't want to
Then don't be late
I don't believe him
Wearing glasses doesn't mean he can write!
He just blindly follows others!
Of course I'm judging by appearance!
I see hundreds at the station every day
I know a bad guy when I see one
Coincidence!
No, I saw you
I saw you too
My father would too, let's go down
Haven't you been with Zhong Ping?
Why should I have been?
Zhang Jun's family doesn't know yet?
They should by now
- What's wrong? - Nothing
Zhong Ping's family seems to like Zhang Jun
He ate at their place last night
Your father goes too far sometimes
- What do you mean? - He's like a KGB man
Don't say that, he is my dad
Since Mum died, he's worried about me
But he's like a military dictator!
Don't say that
- What are you doing tomorrow? - Working
Auntie wants me to meet a man tomorrow
A prospective husband?
They arrange the whole thing
That's nice, to have it arranged
Auntie says he's a dentist
Great, a university graduate!
- Why are you so happy? - Am I?
Where is Ulan Bator?
Capital of Outer Mongolia
Where's Outer Mongolia?
Up north, past Inner Mongolia
And further north?
USSR
And further north?
The sea, I guess
And further north?
What the fuck are you on about?
Further north is here, Fenyang
18, Wujia Lane... Zhang Jun's house
So we're all north of the sea
"Romance... romance...
"What is romance?
"My soul is like a willow in March
"Romance... romance...
"What is romance?
"Who loves not romance?
"My thoughts ripen like fruit in autumn"
You use this ruler for fighting?
Comics? How old are you?
Camelia? What's this Camelia?
She sells camelias
"Through Marguerite's sad demise, the book reveals...
"...the ugly face of capitalism and the fact of moral hypocrisy
"Marguerite has humble origins
"To survive, she prostitutes herself on the streets of Paris..."
Paris! Prostitute!
Eat!
Let him be, don't look for him
"Slightly out of focus... Slightly out of focus..."
Are you crazy?
Losing your temper?
Thinking about that dentist?
We could beat him up!
Smash out his teeth so badly...
...even he couldn't fix them!
Good plan?
I've been looking for you!
I told you we'd get haircuts!
Not you... Cui, you should watch TV this evening
I'm waiting for a haircut
I see, very impressive!
Yin Ruijuan!
Let's go
- What's on? - Daredevil Garrison, I think
Daredevil Garrison?
- Supposed to be good - War film?
Come on, Zhang Jun
You weren't asking me
Shut up and come along
Quick!
Come!
Cui Mingliang
Come on, Eryong
Are you sick?
Still taking the works bus home?
- Any plans tonight? - Yes
- You had a perm - Yes
Looks good!
I'll be going, then
- You go ahead! - Okay
Go on, Xu is waiting for us
You were taking your time with her
I had to let her finish
Plenty to say to her, but not to me
- We see each other every day! - So?
Come on
You're angry again
No, I'm not
What's upsetting you?
You are... all your socialising with girls
We all have pasts, you know
Is that wrong?
Didn't someone say you should love a person completely...
...including his past?
- Who said that? - Who?
A friend... Pushkin
He thinks I should love that girl Han too?
Maybe you can leave that to me
I'll beat you to death!
We'll meet again in twenty years
How beautiful our great Motherland will be
The sky is new, the earth is new
City and village alike will glow
Young friends, this spring will be yours
Yours and mine
The new generation of the 1980s!
We'll meet again in twenty years...
With 8 or 9 wives and hordes of kids!
Settle down, everyone
We need to talk
Zhang Jun, stand up
Sing us Young Friends Gather
I'm no vocalist
Never mind, sing it
Young friends gathering today
Rowing little boats n the bright spring...
That's enough!
Quiet!
What were you singing in the truck?
I wasn't leading it
No? I heard you!
You were the loudest
What was it?
Is this a punishment?
Calm down, our priority is unity!
Unity?
I heard it was you
- I don't know - Don't know?
- Who else then? - Don't know
Me
You again?
Okay, sing it for us
We'll meet again in twenty years
With 8 or 9 wives and hordes of kids
Stop! What are you singing?
When is twenty years from now?
2000
Where will our country be by then?
The 4 Modernisations: Industry, Agriculture, Defence and Science
And what are your goals?
Several wives, hordes of kids?
We practice monogamy
Several wives?
Like landowners before Liberation?
You think you could handle that?
And hordes of kids?
We practice family planning... heard of birth control?
It's just a song
Where's your discipline?
Yes, there's the Open Door policy
But reforms are still needed
Think about it
Okay, I'll reform
"Long live birth control!
"One child's enough!
"Long live birth control!
"One child's enough!"
Come on in
- What's wrong? - Forget it
Don't want a perm after all?
Lt'll look good
What if it doesn't?
It will! Do it for me!
Come on, if Han dares to...
- Say that again! - No, no
- Anybody there? - No
Boss, where are you from?
- The south - Where?
Wenzhou
Far from Guangzhou?
Around 400 km
That far!
You want to go south?
Yeah, my Auntie lives there
- It's nice there - Really?
Can you turn it off now?
7 or 8 minutes more
Be patient, perms take time
- I don't want curls - It'll look great
Really
You'll look just like that poster
Quiet!
The agenda is programme reform
We'll introduce some pop music
We've invited someone from town to guide us
Maybe some of you don't like it
But it's been popular in the cities for a while
and there have been heated debates there
My feeling is...
...pop music is relaxing and...
What?
Nothing
I see Zhong Ping has a perm
Very up-to-date
She looks like a Spanish girl!
She could dance flamenco!
It would look great!
The 5th National Assembly announces the rehabilitation...
...of Comrade Liu Shaoqi
The Party resolves to return to the bases of Mao Zedong Thought
Under the flag of Mao Zedong Thought
Onward to final victory!
Honour to Comrade Liu Shaoqi!
"Following the same trail, leading to the tree...
"The morning sun lights my face and the leafy branches
"Dear companion, dear tree!
"Spring stream on the border
"Clear and pure
"Songs of the border...
"...warm the heart...
"The harbour nights...
"...are so peaceful
"Waves gently rock the battleship"
Zhong Ping!
You know who's being charged?
- Who? - Piggy
- What did he get? - Death penalty!
His mother must be sad
Serves him right! One less scumbag, who cares?
- Many watching? - Lots
It was packed
I was just passing by
Nearly finished?
- Too big? - About right
I taught you to cross-stitch!
It's too hard to do
This is out of fashion, you know
Never mind
I'm always wrong
Did you see him die?
No
I don't know where they do it
The police shoot them from behind
Their brains must splash out...
Don't! It's gross!
Everyone watches
What's up?
You're smoking?
- No thanks - Try one
Won't your father be angry?
He's out at work
- Okay? - Fine
Are you choking?
I think Lai has a crush on you
Me? He fancies you!
No way!
Lai is very choosy
Yes, but that post-office girl dumped him
Who dumped who?
She dumped him!
- I didn't know - Six months ago!
No-one's better than Zhang Jun
Think so?
Then you can have him
I wouldn't dare
What do you think he's doing now?
Probably thinking of you
Not necessarily
I'm not thinking of him!
You have tears in your eyes!
That's smoke
You've made up your eyebrows!
For Zhang Jun? It looks awful!
No it doesn't
It's the latest style
- Awful! - No, it's not
Don't do mine!
Stop it! It looks awful.
Shut up!
- Mine look awful? - Yes!
Take care!
Will you shut up?
This will make you look so fashionable
Who cares? That's enough
Don't move! Just a moment...
Hang on...
Wait till I've finished
It hurts! Mind your cigarette!
Been with her all afternoon?
Just chatting
About me?
A bit
Saying what?
Good things
That's fine
Zhong Ping's been strange lately
Why? Because of Zhang Jun?
Don't think so
She'll be okay
What do you know?
- What don't I know? - You think you know it all
Someone asked me yesterday...
...whether you're my girlfriend
Are you?
Why are people so nosy?
I want to know too
I don't know
Oh, there's some post for you
For me?
By the window
Mingliang: The outside world is great! Zhang Jun, in Guangzhou
We're so happy on vacation
n the countryside with friends
Light rain is falling...
...if Taiwan girls are better than Singapore girls
Mingliang!
Stop! Foreign devil!
- Doing well now? - When did you get back?
This afternoon
So soon?
You bought a tape player?
- Who's that? - Zhang Di
Who?
He's very popular
More than Teresa Teng
Let me see
How's the big, wide world?
Pretty good
Come on, tell me about it
Everyone's busy all day
Zhang Jun!
You're back!
How are you doing?
How's southern food?
Okay... the food here's better
Zhong Ping!
Can I hear it?
How do you open it?
Careful, don't break it!
The sandstorm blows, but we sing on
We friends have no cares n the world
Our cattle and horses are strong
We sit proud in the saddle
We warm the world with our light!
Gen... Gen... Genghis Khan
Nothing can stop me, know where I'm going...
An electric alarm might be better
It's not to keep out villains
Who's a villain?
We had a thief once
He must have been hungry, he took two eggs
It takes all sorts
It's so hot!
Where is happiness?
Cui Mingliang, what's upset you?
Who says I'm upset?
Yin Ruijuan
- What did she say? - She says you're sick
Why doesn't she tell me?
She doesn't dare
- Why not? - Because you're sick!
Can't you act normal?
I'm normal enough
Calm down and talk to me! Anyhow, she's a girl
- It's useless - Idiot!
Talk to her then
You've upset her, don't you care?
Hi, Uncle!
- Visiting? - A washing machine?
- Just bought it - We'll bring our washing over!
Seize the moment, talk to her
In all this time, I've never really thought of you as my boyfriend
I was taken aback when you brought it up the other day
You didn't notice
I've been thinking
I feel... we're not a good match
And my dad doesn't like you
I didn't dare to tell you before
Of course, Dad's not the main problem
It's me who feels we're not a good match
Incompatible
We can still see each other...
You're right, but you know what's wrong?
You're saying it too late
Cui Mingliang...
us 27 to Songjiachuan...
...is ready to depart
Wen isn't stupid, is he?
He made his own TV in two days
Why is ours taking so long?
No money this month, I bought a guitar
What's up?
Cui Wanlin, come inside!
What is it?
I'll say this in front of our sons
You took that from my bag?
Who did you buy this for?
Erbo wants it for his wife
You never buy anything for us on your trips!
But you never forget that bitch!
Mum, let him explain
I won't listen
It's not your business
Father, I'm 24, I know as much as you do
- Are you rebelling? - What if I am?
Have a little secret
want to tell you
t's something buried in my heart
Here it comes!
Don't miss!
Let's leave
How can I face them?
Scared?
If you are, let's leave
Let's talk it over with our parents
Be serious
Chief, you were stationed here?
That's right, I was here for years
Close by, in a place for all of us lot from the city
It's not bad here
Yes, quite prosperous, you can tell from this hospital
Thanks a lot, Dr Liang
Too much trouble
Don't say anything, you're almost family
So, we're ready
Let's do it then
What's wrong? Don't give me a headache
Chief, what do you think of privatisation?
I'm not sure yet
To be frank, it's very simple
If you have money, you can privatise
Everything's yours: The actors, the equipment...
Good business!
If I do it, you'll be mine!
Maybe not... but are you considering it?
Most team members are
Don't miss your chance
Many have longed for this chance
Mr Xu, your friend's girl says she doesn't want it
I'm scared
Of course I'm scared
No abortion
I don't want it any more
Then what do you want?
Go on in!
Fuck you!
To celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the People's Republic of China...
...the armed forces will salute Deng Xiaoping in march-past...
We must resolve the privatisation issue today
The terms on offer are attractive
Better than many other communes, you can check for yourselves
The asking price isn't that high
So what do you all think?
Li Hongyun! Just smoking?
This has been pending for months
If you still hesitate, what hope is there for reform?
My wife won't agree! It's like the Sino-British Talks...
Your wife's become an Iron Lady?
Inflexible!
Don't criticise his wife! Li Yang, what are your thoughts?
You're always harassing me about this
Why are you so quiet now?
The key thing is the money
I can't raise that much
It's not all that much
The commune knows you're not rich
Chief, you're so keen to get rid of us
To sell us out!
How could I bear to do that?
I'm selling my own job here!
Okay, I'll help you out, I'll accept the offer
Really, Song?
What a relief!
Are you going to follow Song?
He'll be our leader
And you'll be his advisor
- Are you leaving? - Aren't you?
No, my father is ill
Zhang Jun, stop playing
I'm staying
I'm waiting for you!
I'd rather open a store
Zhong Ping...
- I'll teach you mahjong - Don't
- I'm playing for you - Stop!
Zhang Jun, stop playing!
Stop shouting, just play
- What's with you? - Mind your business
Just play
Your turn
Nine!
Zhang Jun!
Very close...
...very far
Just wait a bit
We're almost done
- Do me a favour - What is it?
I promised to say goodbye but I can't
Tell them not to wait for me
Unload it all there
Can you imitate a rooster's crow?
Just copy me, okay?
Zhang Jun, come and eat!
What is it?
Any water?
- Why? - To wash my hands
Really?
Sanming, water
Thanks
A bit more
Me too
Cousin...
I'm Sanming
Sanming, I didn't recognise you!
You have a moustache now!
It's been a while!
I was about to go looking for you!
How's your mother?
I'll go see her after we've eaten
Tell her we're coming, okay?
I'll eat first
No, either the girl won't have him...
...or we won't have her
Sanming will have a hard life
He'll need a good wife
No-one stupid or handicapped
He'll work in the coalmine
Wenying is still studying
That's good, but it costs too much
And it's getting more expensive!
Sanming alone can't earn enough
She'll have to come back, to work
Pity, she's studied for 2 years
Right... I'll keep going here for as long as I can...
We'll save up to keep her there
But if we fail, she'll have to come home
She's still young
She should study
The only work here is in the fields and down the mine
She'd do better in education
But we're almost starving here
How can we pay school fees?
Here comes the electricity!
There'll be power tonight
Sit down
No need for the oil lamp now
It gets so dark in here
- Big or small? - Small, it saves electricity
Know what this is?
They shit here
Is Mingliang's cousin dumb?
Didn't you hear him say hello to Mingliang?
Then why doesn't he say anything?
It's so nice to see the mountains
You like mountains?
- You should marry here, then - Why not?
Better than marrying you!
Okay, I'll find you some sex-starved old man
I feel like shouting!
Go ahead
People of Jinjiazhuang!
It's a few minutes to eight
At eight, we'll have electricity
From now on we can eat at home
Our children will be able to study...
...and we can grind flour!
Thanks to the Communist Party
We have this wonderful facility
Forever following the Party's lead
Forever loyal to the Party
Always grateful to the Party
From now on, we must use our electricity with care
Our homeland...
...is built on our prosperous fields
Smoking chimneys atop new houses...
Sanming
Stop the truck
Sanming, get on!
No need, I'll go this way
- This is quicker - It's okay, it's not far
Hongxi!
Where the fuck are you?
Never here when I need you
What are you doing?
If you don't like it, quit!
Fingerprint here
Over there... Next!
Get a move on, over there
Fingerprint!
Get changed, quickly
I can't read, I'll get help
Quick, don't fuck around
Read this to me, I can't read
"Contract
"1: Life and death are questions of fate
"I am willing to work in Gao's Mine
"Management accepts no blame for accidents
"2: In cases of death or accident, the Mine offers...
"...500 Yuan compensation to families
"3: Daily wage is 10 Yuan
Get it?
- Is it clear? - Yes
Don't come to me with any problems
We're not responsible for anything
It's clearly stated
That old hat is useless, go and get changed
Cousin, I'm going
Where are you from? Lin County?
That's Xiaoyi over there
You can see the lights from here
It seems close by...
...but it's quite far
- Your schoolmate? - No, I never went to school
Who is she?
Quite pretty
The country is in my dreams
My homeland may be far away...
ut that will never change...
...my Chinese heart
Cui Mingliang, it's your cousin
Sanming, what is it?
Please give this 5 Yuan to Wenying
Tell her to get to university, never come back here
I'm going
The long and empty platform
The wait seems never-ending
The long wagons are carrying...
...my short-lived love
The long and empty platform
Lonely, we can only wait
All my love is out-bound
Nothing on the in-bound train
There's a train coming!
My heart waits, waits forever...
...waits forever...
Yin Ruijuan...
You don't understand her
She's quite self-important;
even tried to enter the provincial dance troupe
Why didn't you?
I preferred to stay with you
Song asked me about you just now
-Asked what? -Where you'd been
What did you say?
I said you were seeing the world
Smart of you
-I'm going -Stay a bit?
They would make a good couple
You think so?
But it won't happen... Unlikely
Don't make fun of them
I'm not, you'll see
Tired?
A bit hot
This is nice, no-one knows us here
So no supervision!
Let's just stay here, not go back
-No
-Why not?
I'd like to be your wife
-Don't want you -Can't accept that
Wretch!
Just want to be your wife
Come here...
Yes. Hello?
Anyone there?
Why carry a knife?
I bought it.
Where?
At the hotel
Are you husband and wife?
Didn't bring the certificate
Forgot the certificate?
You can't stay together without it
Are you having an affair?
Are you really married? Tell me
No
No?
We know everything, so admit it
Think it over
Your work unit?
Cultural Team
How are you related to him?
He's my husband
Husband?
How did you meet?
As kids
How long ago?
At least ten years!
More than ten years?
We're in the same Cultural Team, so we got married
So you got married?
Why don't you admit the truth?
Enough!
Your boyfriend has confessed everything.
You want us to go on with this?
-Admit what? -You ask?
That you're not married!
So we're not
Thanks, Song, here's to you
Not like that, link arms!
The couple's way
Who here is from Fenyang?
What's wrong?
-Song Yongping? -That's me
We have some questions for you
Mingliang, take over from me
I'll be back
Hang on, Jiao, just a moment
Boss, the shop's out of Energiser drinks...
Just one bottle?
Yeah, I'm so thirsty
Put it on my tab
HANCHENG - FENYANG
Why blow your money on a restaurant?
It's just this once
I've never eaten out before, and it's my son's treat
Eat up
Try the meat
Shall we order more, Brother?
Boss, give us some braised meat
Wenying...
Here's 10 Yuan from Sanming
Your brother's earning money now
You have to study hard
Ignore the pressure, concentrate
You'll pass this time
Eat!
Come on, eat up!
Wenying, eat up
What's up with Zhong Ping?
Zhang Jun, what's up with her?
It's too much!
No discipline at all!
Who does she think she is?
We're sinking in quicksand here! We're not even on tour yet
I'll find her
She's supposed to be the lead!
Aren't we all equal in art?
I'll find her
Zhang Jun!
- Mr Zhong, where's Zhong Ping? - Don't know
You're her father
I just don't know
She's gone, and I'm worried
Who knows where she is?
These days, she goes where she likes
I can't stop her, I can't follow her
She goes wherever she likes
- Aren't you worried? - What's the point?
It scares me to think of it
She didn't tell me anything
What can I do?
Gen... Genghis Khan
Every beautiful girl wants to marry him
Genghis Khan
Gen... Gen... Genghis Khan
Every beautiful girl wants to marry him
Let's go...
The next song is dedicated to...
...the guards in the provincial prison from their colleague
s it true...
...I am leaving you?
S it true no more tears will fall?
S it true...
...I have a one-way ticket?
Leaving on a road with no end?
S it true I am leaving you?
S it true no more tears will fall?
S it true, as I said before...
...that lovers must be lonely?
How many times must I feel this pain?
Telling myself to go back
Holding back my tears
Telling myself I don't care
The long and empty platform
The wait seems never-ending
The long wagons are carrying...
...my short-lived love
The wait seems never-ending
My heart waits, waits forever
Zhang Jun!
- What the hell? - I'm hungry
You're kidding me
Get to fucking work!
Dear people of Jia County!
Today we present, from Shenzhen...
The All-Stars Rock'n'Breakdance Electronic Band!
They've come here...
...on a tour of our province
Comrades, give them a big round of applause to welcome them
Our brother is two years older
Three of us, we're twins
Dad's always angry with Mum
After a fight, he just lies there saying nothing
Then Mum gets worried
She asks me to talk to him
We sisters have to mediate for them
I think I have the best mother in the world...
...compared with other mothers
A girl in our last troupe...
...visited our home for a festival
She thought Mum was great! I asked her why
It's because Mum's a doctor
She looks after me when I'm ill,
gives me hot-water bottles till I'm feeling better
Most peasant mothers aren't so caring
But Mum is so considerate
That's why this girl was so impressed
You're good daughter too!
When we're with her, she doesn't need medicine!
You know, when I go home...
I could send you by mail!
- A medical package! - It's true!
She'd love to see us, but we can't go
We have to perform
We used to get only 100 Yuan a month
Just enough to buy her some food
Now I can send her cash
We need the money
What brings you back to us?
I was restless at home
Why?
How's my stitching?
I was just fed up
Very delicate!
Your mother taught you?
No I taught myself!
It's my talent
You're a genius!
I felt stuck in Fenyang, that's why I came
- It's boring being alone - Terrible
Get up!
- What time is it? - See for yourself
Quick, get up
Time to rehearse!
Sanlin, get up!
Juan, get up!
Hongli...
Come on!
Eryong, come on, it's late
- Ready yet? - Nearly
Get a damn move on!
You lazy scumbags!
PRIVATE MARKET FOR CLOTHES AND SMALL GOODS
- Stop fighting! - Help!
You think you can beat them?
You must be out of your mind
You think you're that good?
What are you doing?
Come on!
T's natural to change position
When two people are in love...
...any position is natural
They can try in any way...
...to heighten their love
Most prefer it with the man on top, the natural way
The woman lies passively, face-up
The man on top taking control
He takes the active role
JIASHEN - WUBAO
You're the station master?
- What is it? - Listen...
We're the All-Stars Band from Shenzhen
Rock'n'Breakdance Band
We like this place...
...so we'd like to put up a stage and do two shows here
Got a permit?
From Shenzhen?
We'll have to approve the show
Of course
Sure, we'll show you
Would you prefer...
...the songs or the go-go dance?
The hot stuff!
Do Boy Under the Streetlamp
It's "Girl", not "Boy"
- How was it? - Pretty good!
So we can put up our stage?
The station master isn't here
- He's not here - You're not in charge?
No I'm not, he's at home
- So why ask to approve us? - You can go see him
What's up, girls?
Come along now...
These things happen
It hasn't cost you anything
Cheer up!
Under the street lamp
...a girl is crying
Where did she come from?
Crying so bitterly...
Who has jilted her?
Where can she go?
...and is expected to form an area of low pressure...
...in the vicinity of Ulan Bator
The Inner Mongolian authorities...
...have issued a warrant for Shen Zhimin, 22, male
orn in East Beijing
1.8m tall
He wears glasses
He can drive and...
...wears green army clothes
And for Yu Lik-Wai, 24, male
orn in Guangdong Province
1.7m tall
He has a strong Cantonese accent
TAIYUAN - FENYANG
Where's Dad?
He's opened a shop by the highway
He lives there, rarely comes home
He's that busy?
No, he just doesn't want to come home
Let's forget about him
He doesn't treat this as home
I'm past caring about it
Those timbers are useless, sell them
Who says?
- Where's it from? - The mine
Useless bloody mine
We could make money with cement, what about that?
Zhang Jun!
Ah, the tax collector!
- I can give you a rebate - How kind!
Maybe I should break my leg
Me too... disability allowance!
Eryong, how's business?
- So so - Quite good?
Cui Mingliang, you're back!
- Treating me to dinner? - Why should I?
Just kidding! But they won't charge you
- Couldn't take the risk - Who'd dare report you?
Zhang Jun, let's take her to dinner
Jinyun Restaurant
Okay, I'll host, Eryong can pay!
Thief!
How's the big wide world?
I kept moving
How's your new job?
Not bad
Why haven't you locked me up?
- Where? - At my place
What's this roadwork?
Fenyang is always like this now
It never ends
You haven't changed
I'm alright
Mum
Why don't you divorce him?
Where's your fish?
You know my fish?
No, it's my first time here
I didn't like them
Is it still snowing?
Yes
- What's funny? - Nothing
Cigarette?
No thanks
Given up?
- Have you? - No
Help yourself
- Are they a bribe? - I can afford them myself
When did you start smoking?
Ages ago
- With whom? - Zhong Ping
Have you heard from her?
She's impossible!
She left without a word
And no-one's heard from her
Anyone here?
Want to buy something?
Is Cui Wanlin around?
He's out
- Ask him to visit his home - Okay, I'll tell him
want to move to the seaside
'd love to see the sky there
And hear the sound of waves
Get your bags packed
'll wait for you
English subtitles: Tony Rayns
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