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A Beautiful New World (1999)

Original title: 美丽新世界

1999-02-19 · 1h 37m · ZH
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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...

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Shi RunjiuDirector

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Jiang WuJiang WuZhang BaogenRichie JenRichie JenXiaobaiWu BaiWu BaiAh LiangTao HongTao HongHuang JinfangNiu BenNiu BenLiu Azhu

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Genre affinityComedy · DramaDialogue densityComedy · DramaDirector preference1309923Actor preference463565 · 167188 · 232124Country preferenceTwDecade preference1990

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What is A Beautiful New World about?

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...

How long is A Beautiful New World?

A Beautiful New World has a runtime of 97 minutes.