The Ideal City

<The Ideal City>-------The satire aimed at modern China


Directed by: Sun Bohan

Screenplay by: Sun Bohan

Starring: Fang Zuming / Wang Taili / Yang Di

Type: Comedy/drama

Country: China

Language: Mandarins

Year: 2013-09-18(mainland)

Length: 98mins


  The ideal city is a movie based on the novel with the same title by the popular writer Han Han. It tells about two youth who mistakes that they killed one person in a fighting and escaped to a little town,a lot of ridiculous stories happening there.
  The whole story seems absurd because of the plots and characters logical thinking. The writer of the book try to use this absurd mocking the sick society, which is accustomed to the injustice.
  The director keeps the absurd atmosphere and inserts the confusion and sadness of one character's inner world into the movie once a while. In the process telling the story, the director succeeds in using carton taking place of real scenes which decreases the cost of the production and add the absurd feelings. The disadvantage of the movie is the director try to include as much as plots in the books which leads to the pointless of the story. 
  The performance of the actor Wang Taili is brilliant. He plays the role of Jian who's unlucky and smart aleck. Compared with him, Fang is not that good who's not that expressive.
  In one word, the movie deserves to watch if you only go for fun.