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Unknown Pleasures

Where:

Shanxi Province

When:

The 2000s

Three disaffected youths live in Datong in 2001, part of the new "Birth Control" generation. Fed on a steady diet of popular culture, both Western and Chinese, the characters of Unknown Pleasures represent a new breed in the People's Republic of China, one detached from reality through the screen of media and the internet.

Released in 2002 — 113 minutes

Genres:

Comedy Drama

Language:

Mandarin