Director Zhang Yuan's first film in five years, Beijing Flickers, is partly inspired by the experience of diva Faye Wong, says the film's distributor Gao Jun. Zhang's film, a continuous effort to explore young people's love and life in Beijing after his 1990 work Beijing Bastards, focuses on three youngsters' struggles in the city. Zhang recalls that when shooting Beijing Bastards, Wong often came to visit Dou Wei, her ex-husband, a famous rocker and lead actor in the film. Beijing Flickers will be released on Nov 8, starring Zhang's girlfriend Li Xinyun and rising actor Lyu Yulai.