---
title: 'Unknown Pleasures (2002)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jia Zhangke'
released: '2002-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'People''s Republic of China'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/unknown-pleasures-2002'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318025/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Unknown Pleasures (2002)

2002 · 112 min · Drama · People's Republic of China

Part of: Hometown Trilogy

## Synopsis

Unknown Pleasures is a 2002 Chinese film directed by Jia Zhangke, starring Wu Qiong, Zhao Weiwei and Zhao Tao as three disaffected youths living in Datong in 2001, part of the new "Birth Control" generation. Fed on a steady diet of popular culture, both Western and Chinese, the characters of Unknown Pleasures represent a new breed in the People's Republic of China, one detached from reality through the screen of media and the internet.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jia Zhangke](https://cinepixo.com/people/jia-zhangke)
- **Screenplay:** [Jia Zhangke](https://cinepixo.com/people/jia-zhangke)
- **Producer:** [Masayuki Mori](https://cinepixo.com/people/masayuki-mori-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Yu Lik-wai](https://cinepixo.com/people/yu-lik-wai)

## Cast

- [Zhao Tao](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhao-tao)

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