Lost in Beijing

New Yorker Films | Release Date: January 25, 2008

7.3	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Ratings

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ChadS.May 26, 2008

Lin Dong(Tony Leung Ka Fai) rapes Ping Guo(Bingbing Fan), but "Lost in Beijing" doesn't hold it against him. The foot massage parlour owner is given some leeway, because he's not the one who initiates the sexual encounter. Ping Guo Lin Dong(Tony Leung Ka Fai) rapes Ping Guo(Bingbing Fan), but "Lost in Beijing" doesn't hold it against him. The foot massage parlour owner is given some leeway, because he's not the one who initiates the sexual encounter. Ping Guo might've been drunk, but she sobers up just in time. She reneges; he proceeds, nevertheless. All the parties involved, however, decide on downgrading Lin Dong's misadventure from rape to a one night stand. "Lost in Beijing" is dishonest for not addressing the boss' moral mishap after An Kun(Dawei Tong) and his wife's rapist reach a settlement. "Lost in Beijing" looks like an unintentional black comedy, as the rapist helps his victim throughout her pregnancy. When the baby is born, Lin Dong turns out to be a doting father. He even becomes an object of sympathy after the baby's whereabouts is in question. He's a worried and concerned father, too. Even Ping Guo herself seems unaware that she'd been sexually violated. She never tells An Kun what transpired before he saw her body in rhythm with her boss. That's because Lin Dong says she had an orgasm. She enjoyed the sex, so it wasn't rape. Because Ping Guo is silent, she seems to agree. "Lost in Beijing" has the same mentality as the Irish fathers who sent their "soiled" daughters to the Catholic-run sweat shop in Peter Mullan's "The Magdalene Sisters".… Expand

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