In search of something more than a monotonous existence, seventeen year old Fenfang leaves her family and their provincial way of life for the seething city of Beijing. Tbegins to feel like her life has begun. She’s twenty-one, has found work as a movie extra, and believes this will be the catalyst for here, she tries to satisfy her insatiable hunger with instant noodles, Western literature, hot coffee, and movies, but her resigned acceptance and blank face fail to cover her longing and vulnerab
Published on June 15, 2009 10:31