A Beautiful New World (1999)

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...

Released

1999-02-19

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Runtime

97 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Shi Runjiu, Shi Runjiu, Liu Fendou

TMDB rating

6.0/10 from 5 votes