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  • 2008
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 2008
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 52 m
Lost in Beijing

Summary Set against the frenzied backdrop of Beijing, where a fast growing economy has created a new class of urban socialites and nouveau riche, Lost in Beijing features four of Asian cinema’s biggest stars - Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Elaine Jin, Fan Bingbing and Tong Da Wei - who together fumble their way through a tragicomic ménage-a-quatre that lef...

Directed By: Yu Li

Written By: Li Fang, Emilie Saada, Yu Li

  • 2008
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 2008
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 52 m

Lost in Beijing

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Summary Set against the frenzied backdrop of Beijing, where a fast growing economy has created a new class of urban socialites and nouveau riche, Lost in Beijing features four of Asian cinema’s biggest stars - Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Elaine Jin, Fan Bingbing and Tong Da Wei - who together fumble their way through a tragicomic ménage-a-quatre that lef...

Directed By: Yu Li

Written By: Li Fang, Emilie Saada, Yu Li

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70
In spite of its raw, explicit moments, the film is at heart a sturdy morality tale about innocence and corruption, wealth and want, sex and power.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
70
Money (and maybe a little bit of love) makes the world go around in Lost in Beijing, an involving, highly accessible portrait of an emotional menage a quatre in the modern-day Chinese capital.
By Derek Elley FULL REVIEW
63
Part soap opera, part sitcom and part relocated French farce.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW
50
The story is contrived. Would you believe a high-rise window-washer just happening to be cleaning the window of the room where, at that very moment, his wife is being raped by her boss? Didn't think so.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
50
The prevalent shooting style is monotonous naturalism, as the camera buzzes between contentious actors and trolls after anything on the move. No performance registers quite so much as the capital city itself.
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The script by first-time director Li Yu and producer Fang Li introduces some degree of subtlety in the responses of the four principals, but the plot doesn't really hold up.
By Ray Bennett FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Beijing Poly-bona Film Distribution Company, Emperor Classic Films, Filmko Films Distribution, Laurel Films, The French Connection, Zhonghong Group
Release Date Jan 25, 2008
Duration 1 h 52 m
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Awards

Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Eurasian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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