Director: Renaud Cohen
Scriptwriter: Renaud Cohen
Cinematographer: P. Milon
Editor: C. Chagnaud
Sound: O. Mauvezin, S. Thiébaut
Music:
Cast:
Production:
Gloria Films
65 rue Montmartre
75 002 Paris
France
Tel.: 0033 142214211
Fax.: 0033 142214331
mail: [email protected]
Distributeion:
Doc & Co
Year: 1999
Betacam SP, Colour, 52 min, OV Mandarin with French subtitles.
These popular taxis, casting one yuan per kilometre, are called "bread rails" because of their round shape. Tianjin, an industrial city about 120 kilometres away from Beijing, has its streets swarming with at least 30,000 of them. With its new economical policy, China had to close down government factories. Many unemployed workers borrowed money to buy a "bread roll". These drivers are unusual and charismatic people whose glances reveal the geographical features of a modern Chinese city, both fascinating and complex. Their taxis are also the perfect form of transportation to discover the social issues in today's Chinese urban society.
