
Lost in Beijing
A look at modern-day life in China’s capital centered on a ménage-a-quatre involving a young woman, her boss, her husband and her boss’s wife.
Director: Li Yu
Actors: Bao Zhenjiang, Elaine Jin, Fan Bingbing, Fang Li, Tong Dawei, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Zeng Meihuizi
Country: China
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