Dirt (1994)

Original title

头发乱了

Directed by

Guan Hu

Genre

drama

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of young musicians navigates the emerging rock scene in Beijing. They struggle with their dreams, relationships, and a sense of hopelessness in a changing society.

rawgrittymelancholicenergeticrebelliouspoignantobservational

What happens

Dirt is a Chinese film from 1994 which depicts the nascent rock music scene of Beijing. It is considered an important example of the Sixth Generation movement that emerged in China after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. While the film's general pessimism about youth is shared by many other Sixth Generation films, a character's choice to have a child rather than an abortion has been seen by some scholars to have played a role in why the film received official permission to screen abroad, in contrast to the similarly themed Beijing Bastards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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