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A Beautiful New World

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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...

movie

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

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