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Arc Light Films

Beijing Bicycle

2001 113 min Chinese

“One bicycle, two lives.”

A seventeen-year-old country boy working in Beijing as a courier has his bicycle stolen, and finds it with a schoolboy his age.

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11 people

Wang Xiaoshuai Director · Peggy Chiao Screenplay

United States release January 25, 2002 · Produced in China, France, Taiwan · Production Pyramide Productions, Sony Pictures Classics

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Arc Light Films

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Pyramide Productions

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Sony Pictures Classics

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Pyramid Productions

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China · France · Taiwan

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Original title

十七岁的单车

Original language

Chinese

Spoken on screen

Chinese

Release dates

China · February 17, 2001

Theatrical

United States · January 25, 2002

Theatrical

Australia

April 29, 2026 · Physical · Blu-ray

Canada

September 8, 2001 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival

China

April 7, 2018 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival

Czechia

July 5, 2001 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Germany

February 17, 2001 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival

Japan

September 23, 2011 · Premiere · East Asia Film Festa

Portugal

May 24, 2002 · Theatrical

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