Lost in Beijing Page #2

Synopsis: Lin Dong and Wang Mei are a childless couple in Beijing, wealthy, approaching middle age. Lin owns a foot-massage parlor. One afternoon he rapes one of his workers, Liu Pingguo, who has nearly passed out from drinking alcohol with a friend. Part of the assault is witnessed by Liu's husband, An Kun, a window washer. He's angry with the boss and with his wife, and he seeks compensation. Lin's wife counsels him and joins in revenge. Then, Liu realizes she's pregnant and a set of emotional calculations ensues: Lin wants to buy the child, Wang agrees but has conditions, An Kun goes back and forth and barely contains his anger; Liu withdraws. The baby comes. Can anything be sorted out?
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Yu Li
Production: New Yorker Films
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
Year:
2007
112 min
Website
166 Views


What problem?

Infertility is not a problem!

I don't want a child anyway

Mrs. Lin, someone's looking for you

A man or a woman?

A man

Where are my cigarettes?

I'm telling you the truth

I'm telling you my true feeling

I'm not surprised at what that bastard did

It's not the first time

Expecting a man to not f*** around

Is like expecting a dog not to look for bones

But asking me for money

That's not very smart

I'll tell you why

Even if I have problems with my husband

We are still a couple on the same side

I won't do anything against my self interest

While we both feel cheated

But if you're asking me for money as a redemption

You are asking me to act against my self interest

Do you understand, boy?

If you don't pay, I will report him

My husband screwed your wife, right?

He did it against her will

Against her will, and you feel bad about it?

Not only that, I am hurt and depressed

You are hurt?

If he denies it, you'll never get your $20,000

Right?

If he admits it, it would be easy

You are heading in the wrong direction

No matter what, he won't give you money

He doesn't care much about money

But he does care a lot more about face

He will lose face if he gives you money

Cutie, there is no way you can get that money

You want to report him?

It is a no-win situation for you, too

What evidence have you got?

Who can tell what really happened?

Isn't that obvious?

Unless you really love money

If you're not just in for the money

I can have other solutions for you

Like what?

My husband f***ed your wife

Why don't you f*** his wife?

That bastard

That a**hole

What are you staring at?

It's French

A gift from a customer

Perfume?

Perfume

It's gorgeous

Anyway, it's free

Just eat

You know how stupid the jerk is?

He not only sings like sh*t, but filthy-minded as well

I told him if he wants to touch me

He has to buy me a cell phone

And he really bought me one

You let him touched you?

Only once

Look, nice phone?

That jerk is calling again

Let's take a picture

Is the picture clear?

Very clear

As good as a proper camera?

An Kun

We don't need him in the picture

An Kun

Get closer

Get ready

Somebody is outside the window

How could it be?

Yeah, there's someone

The curtain is drawn, how could you tell?

There's really someone

There's no one

You f***ed somebody's wife

What are you talking about?

Her husband even saw your butt

That jerk came to you?

Don't listen to him

He's all bullshit

I'm not talking to you anymore

Get me the candle

F***

It's not mine

For sure, it's not mine

What if it's yours?

No way, we didn't have sex back then

You don't remember anything, do you?

Of course we did

We did at that time

I'll drink your pee if it is mine

Go drink it!

I don't want it anyway

I will get an abortion tomorrow

F***ing sh*t

What are you doing?

Why are you talking like that?

Stop talking about the past

Don't do it

It's none of your business

Since it is not yours, why keep it?

If you dare to do it, I'll break your leg

I will do it tomorrow

It's my belly, not yours

Don't do that

This is a chance from heaven

How are you related to him?

I'm his cousin

He says he's your cousin

Are you his wife's cousin?

Yeah

You can go in

No, no. I'm not here to fight

I'm here to tell you something

You dare to claim to be my cousin?

I was afraid you wouldn't let me in

Of course I don't want you to come in

Go away

I really have something to tell you

You have a cold, is it serious?

Liu Pingguo is pregnant

Congratulations

I should congratulate you

Your wife is pregnant, what's that to do with me?

Let's calculate the dates

On September 20, you and Liu Pingguo...

Today is October 23

See, the dates match

What do you mean by that?

I tell you, as long as I live

You won't get a penny from me

I'm just talking with you

Look, this is caused by you

You should accept your responsibility

Now, she is pregnant

If you want to report me

Go ahead

I just want to talk to you

Get out

I will call security

Why are you so rude?

I will report you for sure

You just go ahead and file your case

Why ask me to pick you up?

Where's your car?

Flat tire

Liu Pingguo is pregnant

You have to accept it

I've already made my decision

My principle is that anything with a 70% chance

Then it is worth trying

We are a married couple

This will never change

We can adopt this baby

I can't change what you have already decided

Sixteen years and it's always like this

I can only accept it

However, we must sign an agreement

If during this process you do anything to hurt me

For example...

You start another affair with Liu Pingguo

Or to do something harmful to me

All your assets will be mine

Wang Mei, when I think about this

I think of us as a family

If you talk like that

We are up against each other

But I can't act like a lamb

Waiting to be slaughtered by you

Alright

So if anything happened

I'll split my assets fifty-fifty with you

You think I will fall for a country girl?

Pull over

What? I can't stop here

Pull over!

Wang Mei

Wang Mei

Come on up here, let's talk

Up here!

What's your blood type?

Type "A"

I'm a "B"

What about Liu Pingguo?

She is an "O"

Let's put it this way

If this baby is born a "B"

Then it's my child and I'll keep it

I'll pay you $100,000

If it's blood type "A"

You will not lose everything

Because you'll have your own child

If it's blood type "O"

Then we'll have to undergo a DNA test

What do you think about this deal?

It's not right

What's wrong with it?

Tell me

I don't think we can do it like this

Earlier you denied you and my wife had...

So you refused to pay me $20,000

That is one issue

Now you want this child

That's a different issue

This is about two separate issues

Your logic is wrong

If you accept my deal, there's only one issue

Then it's only $100,000

How can it be just one issue?

You didn't even want to pay me before

Because you denied you and my wife have ever...

This is irrelevant

It is relevant!

Do you now admit you f***ed my wife?

Why bring this up again?

There's no need to talk about this

This is the key to both issues

Since you want your child

You have therefore admitted you f***ed my wife

So you must pay me $100,000 first

No, $20,000 for compensation

This is one issue

Now Liu Pingguo is pregnant

You want that baby in her belly

So you must pay me another $100,000

That's the second issue

We are talking about two issues!

Right now, I can't tell you clearly

But what I can tell you is

No matterwhat, there is only one deal

$100,000 total

It's not $100,000, but $120,000

This is something more than just money

If this is not about money, what is it about?

F***

F***

It didn't happen, right?

She disappeared

There's nobody down there

Nobody

"Painless Aboftion"

Don't move

Just one moment, don't move

If we don't take out the entire fetus

You will have to do the abortion again

You'll have to come back

How could it be?

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