Bus 44 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 has never been any verified source.

Plot

A young man boards a bus on a remote road and makes conversation with the female driver. The bus stops for two men, one of whom is doubled over, appearing sick. Upon boarding, the two men reveal that they are robbers armed with knives and they demand that the passengers surrender their belongings. The driver attempts to intervene when one man ignores the robbers' demands, but they beat him. They also drag the bus driver out of the bus and begin raping her.