3 votes
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...

Status: Released
Released Date: 1999-02-19
Runtime: 97 mins
Director: Shi Runjiu
Spoken language: 普通话
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Original title: A Beautiful New World
Production Companies: Imar Film Co., Ltd., Xi'an Film Studio
Production Countries: Taiwan, China