Lost in Beijing Page #3

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 are you looking at?

I did it

I did the abortion

Just finished

Are you out of your mind?

You are crazy

You are so silly

Believe it or not

I have no appetite

What are you doing?

You are hurting me

Wang Mei, please change seat with An Kun

An Kun, like what we agreed the other day

Here is $20,000 to compensate you for your distress

And here is another $100,000

You should visit my place for a facial

No, thanks

I'll stamp it first

Okay

Two copies of the contract

We each keep a copy

For a successful paftnership

From now on, Liu Pingguo becomes...

our most precious thing needing protection

You must treat her well

Otherwise you will not see a penny

It's time to make the first payment

Here is $20,000, count it

Let's have a toast!

We'll let bygones be bygones

We are good friends now

Yeah, right, with a smile

Always smile to our customers at work

Right

Harder, harder

You don't need to dance

I'm fine

Go back and rest

Go

Keep up with the dancing

Dance harder, smile, smile

Come on, don't look away, smile

Follow me

Follow me

Yes

Okay...

Dry up

Get me my clothes

I'm freezing

Pingguo, here you are...

Wait

Just a second

Who is that?

It's me

Your place is really hard to find

How do you know where we live?

Where is Pingguo?

She's taking a shower

Pingguo

He is here

Who's here?

Mr. Lin.

Oh, you two took a shower together?

That is not right!

What's wrong with that?

What if you could not control yourself?

We are married and we're not having an affair

Making love too often will affect the baby

Anyway, I said what I have to say

Before Liu Pingguo gives birth,

You'd better stop making love with her

Also look, your place is filthy

You should clean up regularly

Open the window to let in fresh air

Let me open the window

Do you snore?

No, never

You never snore?

No

What? You don't snore?

You snore like a pig!

I bought these pills for myself

Now, I'm giving them to you

Take them twice a day

Two tablets at a time

Make sure you take them before you sleep

Remember?

It's called "Quiet Nights"

Pingguo, come here

Here are some dietary supplements for you

I tried them

They taste awful

But you should take them anyway

They are good for the baby

On which side of the bed do you sleep?

On the right

But you should start sleeping on the left

Why?

My parents told me

Sleeping on the left will bring you a boy

An Kun, you should sleep in here

I'm leaving

Take it easy

I told you not to take this home

When did I ever snore?

That's bullshit

I won't take this sh*t

You snore loudly and you don't know

Take them, they're very expensive

Also very useful

Eat, you have them

What's wrong?

What's your problem?

You blow your top for nothing

Come on, let's put them on the shelf

My belly is hurting

Hurry up

How come it only has six nails?

It's over there

The child must be mine, right?

It's a gamble, either you lose or win

Willing to gamble and willing to lose

How do you know that I would lose?

Can you stop making noises?

He's kicking, that little thing

You kick when your dad is near

You can hear the kicking?

Yes, yes

The baby is kicking less than before

The baby just want to greet his dad

Come on baby, kick one more time

You really make your dad proud

How could you be so sure the child is yours?

It must be my child

Why don't you come over and try?

See if he kicks for you or not

Keep the hammer away

How is it, is he kicking?

No kicking, right?

You are so stupid!

Kicking proves nothing

You'd better pray that the child's mine

If you want to fix the chair, go outside

The noise will frighten my baby

He's kicking again, see

He kicks as long as I'm near

Baby...

So salty, my throat hurting

The eggplant you cooked was so salty

The eggplant you cooked was so salty

My throat hurts like hell

If you let him hover around your belly again

I will hit you

What if this is your child?

I'm talking to you

Push harder, harder

Spread your legs!

Don't cross them

Push, push

Hold her legs up a bit

Push

Push a bit more, push

It will be okay in a second

Okay

Okay, here it is

It's a boy

Comes home and closes door

My daughter stays on the Internet...

Dr. Zhang

Here's the birth certificate with his blood type

Thanks

I read the news and it scared me...

Dr. Zhang, there's something wrong here

I'm not blood type "A", I'm a "B"

Your wife must be "A"

No, she is type "O"

Surely someone has made a mistake

No, there's no mistake

Maybe your wife has been seeing someone else

Dr. Zhang, you should not say that

How could that be wrong?

A hospital like this doesn't make mistakes

Dr. Zhang

I'll tell you the truth

My wife was indeed seeing someone else

I thought we could get it over

But it showed up here again

You must decide for yourself

I'd like you to change this to "B"

It is not possible

Do this as a favour to me

Because of the wrong blood type

My wife might divorce me

But I don't want to leave her

You should clarify it and decide

I don't care about the child's true identity

Dr. Zhang, I'll treat him as my own

My wife is very stubborn

When I discovered her affair

She want to suicide

If she does that again

Who will take care of this child?

What will this family then?

This is something very wrong

How could I change your mind?

$1,500?

It's impossible

I don't want to give you trouble

$2,500?

Even $3,000 will not do

What's that?

Don't confuse the others

Okay, okay...

I thought a thief has broken into my place

You treat my place like a cash machine

Taking money whenever you want

I don't have enough money for you to take

The device you bought is imported?

How much is it?

Spend carefully when you have money

What if one day we got nothing left

All our money is gone

The cars are gone

The people are gone

What do we do then?

I've already paid for the child

As per the agreement

Once Liu Pingguo leaves hospital

We take the child home

She will nurse him for half a year

Then she will be gone

Where are you going?

What a cute baby!

Big eyes just like his mom

Here is a gift from us

Thanks

Such a gorgeous baby

His eyes look just like Lin Dong's

Like his dad, huh?

No, he looks more like his mom

Normally sons take after their mom

Have some cake, everyone

Don't wake him up

You all brought him gifts?

Congratulations, Mr. Lin

Wang Mei, take a sip too

Congratulations

Thank you!

Congratulation for having a son at your age

It's not easy for an old man

Who's old?

I'm old, I'm old

Maybe you should also have a baby?

Why we are like their servants?

Today Wang Mei is the child's mother

So we have to stay in the kitchen

You are the problem

They want me to nurse the baby

You insist on coming with me

So irritating

What do you mean?

You are not part of this house yet

Already looking down on me...

Is the salad ready?

It's ready. Here, take it

I feels like I'm bursting

My breasts are so full

Liu Pingguo, could you feed him?

Give him to me, just the right time

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