Sons and Daughters of the River and Lake.
Jia Zhangke directed the movie "Children of the Jianghu", with the love story of Qiaoqiao and Bin as the main line, reflecting the social changes during the early decade of the 21st century as well as all the changes in the underclass of the civil society.
Qiaoqiao, the daughter of a laid-off coal miner, is y in love with Bin, a gangster, and when Bin is being chased and beaten, Qiaoqiao fires a gun to save him, and also takes the charge of illegal possession of firearms on behalf of Bin, and is sentenced to five years' imprisonment. After his release from prison, society has changed a lot, Bin's gang has long been in the wind.
Qiaoqiao went abroad to look for Bin, but Bin has moved on. The company's newest product is a new product, which will be available for sale in the near future. When Bin is paralyzed, Qiaoqiao takes care of him, but after he recovers, he turns his back on Qiaoqiao once again and leaves her.
Similar to Jia Zhangke's previous films, "Children of the Lake" is filled with the iconic symbols and characters of Jia's films. For example, urban and rural buses, discos, ferries, square dances, pop songs with a strong sense of the era, all kinds of passengers, performers who run the jianghu to sell their skills, laid-off workers, migrant workers, and motorcycle drivers ......
In addition, "Children of the Jianghu" also features a number of products of the new technology in recent years, such as high-speed rail, ultra-thin cell phones, GPS navigation, WeChat, surveillance cameras, etc. Through these symbols and characters, the movie presents a vivid and changing picture of civil society.