A Beautiful New World (1999)

Director
Shi Runjiu

Main cast
Jiang Wu; Richie Ren; Wu Bai; Tao Hong

Genres
Comedy, Drama

Description
A satirical comedy about a country bumpkin who goes to the big city, and ends up teaching the cynical city folk a few lessons about basic human decency. The hero leaves home for the first time to go to Shanghai, to collect his lottery prize - a brand new apartment. However, when he arrives, he is told by the developers that his apartment block will take a year and a half to complete. He decides to find a job in Shanghai and wait for his apartment to materialise...


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