女子摇滚乐队“狂花”曾在国内红极一时，主唱彭莱遭遇情感变故后远赴美国，留下6岁的女儿白天由前夫抚养，不料音乐事业在美国惨败，彭莱独自漂泊落魄。12年后前夫过世，19岁的白天独自面对成长的烦恼，彭莱决定回国。一个叛逆的少女，一个“疯狂”的中年女人，虽是母女关系，却更像陌生人，摩擦不断升级。但彭莱和白天都对摇滚梦想坚持不懈，历经重重，母女二人最终携手而至，在勇敢坚定中盛开，在憧憬奔赴中绽放，鼓舞年轻人为了理想尽情地向前冲吧，前路终有希望。

a film about JOYSIDE by Kevin Fritz
"Joyside are the alcoholic, poverty-stricken frontrunners in China's just-sprouting punk scene." - City Pages
"Wasted Orient debunks the perception that most of the country is looking toward a hopeful and prosperous future." - The Patriot News
"A hearty, greasy helping of Chinese subculture...one that is best consumed with a few beers." - China Daily
WASTED ORIENT is the story of Beijing punk rock band JOYSIDE and their first tour in a country not exactly ready for rock n' roll. Obsessed with Johnny Thunders and the philosophies of American punk, Joyside decide to spread their beer-soaked message of apathy across the countryside, filming every minute of it. The boys share their views of a bleak modern China through interviews in public toilets, countless binge drinking sessions, and in their songs ("I Don't Care About Society!" "I Wanna Piss Around You!"). Director Kevin Fritz captures an equally hilarious and uncompromising view inside a Chinese subculture through a group of silly, sloppy and hopeless punks, outsiders in their own country.
Born and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Kevin Fritz got his start editing tractor maintainance videos and applied for an overseas scholarship as a joke, ending up at China's prestigious Peking University to study Chinese. He met Joyside in 2003 and began filming their tour that same year.
Joyside is Bian Yuan, Liu Hao, Fan Bo, Xin Shuang & Yang Yang

Joyside 乐队巡演纪录片

"2009年9月12日的北京，Joyside乐队在解散演出上对乐迷朋友们招招手，说了“再见”。这个进入无限休整期的北京摇滚地下之王自此销声匿迹，只留下几张唱片广为流传，一切似乎画上了一个悲伤的句号。2019年6月14日，同一座城市，一次不可思议的回归，使这个晚上永远被人记得。
本片采用多机位呈现了Joyside解散十年后的首场复出演出，记录从彩排到现场的台前幕后。乐队人物讲述自解散后的成长经历、重组经过、演出曲目编排以及成员之间情感联结。一切都在都在告诉我们：The joker is back。"