Lost in Beijing

Ping Guo (Apple) works as a masseuse at the Gold Basin Foot Massage Palace, a popular foot massage place run by Lin Dong, a middle-aged nouveau riche businessman. One day Ping Guo gets drunk while out with a friend. Her boss, Lin Dong, exploits the situation to have sex with her at the workplace. Ping Guo’ husband, An Kun, who works as a high-rise window cleaner, witnesses their tryst while he is working. Following this ambiguous rape, Ping Guo gets pregnant. An Kun blackmails Lin Dong: either he pays compensation or gets sued for rape. But Lin Dong and his wife Wang Mei don‚Äôt have a child. The two men reach an agreement on money-child trade so Lin Dong and Wang Mei can be parents. The terms of the contract include Ping Guo moving in with them for six months to act as a nanny. Against the hectic backdrop of Beijing, this story explores the social reality of China today, where a fast growing economy brings new challenges to traditional values, family relations and women’ position as well as conflict between the material and the spiritual.

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA