# Identify the (Chinese?) Short Film \[Spoilers\]

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**Created:** [January 2, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-chinese-short-film-spoilers/431980 "2008-01-02T11:25:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-chinese-short-film-spoilers/431980/1 "2008-01-02T11:25:02Z")

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Female bus driver picks up young man. Young man and driver exchange pleasantries.

Bus driver picks up highway robbers. Robbers leave with passengers’ possessions, panicked bus driver.

Worried young man pleads with passengers to rescue driver from imminent sexual assault. Dejected young man acts alone, gets stabbed, comes back. Wounded young man gives passengers the evil eye.

Bus driver comes back, crying. Concerned young man inquires as to her well-being, told to leave the bus. Confused young man points to wound, lone rescue attempt, told to get the fuck out. Bus drives away with other passengers.

Walking young man comes across bridge, police officer. Young man learns of many victims in tragic accident. Camera pans down to reveal crashed bus beneath bridge.

Seen on Canadian television a few years ago. I haven’t done it justice, obviously, but it was actually a very powerful film that has been haunting me ever since. Problem is, I don’t know its title or where I might see the movie again. Any help in that regard would be greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![A.I.Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@A.I.Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.I.Wintermute)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-chinese-short-film-spoilers/431980/2 "2008-01-02T15:08:41Z")

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> **[Bus 44](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_44)**
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> Bus 44 (simplified Chinese: 车四十四; traditional Chinese: 車四十四; pinyin: Chē Sì Shí Sì) is a Venice and Sundance Film Festival award-winning short film written and directed by Chinese-American filmmaker Dayyan Eng in 2001, starring Chinese actress Gong Beibi and Wu Chao. Bus 44 takes place on the outskirts of a small town and tells the story of a bus driver (Gong) and her passengers' encounter with highway robbers. The film was loosely based on an amalgamation of supposed true events, though there ha...

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**Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-chinese-short-film-spoilers/431980/3 "2008-01-02T21:22:07Z")

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[QUOTE=A. I. Wintermute]

> **[Bus 44](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_44)**
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> Bus 44 (simplified Chinese: 车四十四; traditional Chinese: 車四十四; pinyin: Chē Sì Shí Sì) is a Venice and Sundance Film Festival award-winning short film written and directed by Chinese-American filmmaker Dayyan Eng in 2001, starring Chinese film star Gong Beibi and Wu Chao. Bus 44 takes place on the outskirts of a small town and tells the story of a bus driver (Gong) and her passengers' encounter with highway robbers. The film was loosely based on an amalgamation of supposed true events, though there...

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That’s it! Thank you.  
Didn’t know it was based on a true story though. ☹