A Beautiful New World (1999)

6.0/10 97 min Comedy Drama

Overview

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...

Cast

Jiang Wu

Zhang Baogen

Tao Hong

Huang Jinfang

Richie Jen

Xiaobai

Wu Bai

Ah Liang

Tong Zhengwei

Mrs. Cai

Lin Dongfu

Real Estate Manager

Lei Cheng

Ahua

Niu Ben

Liu Azhu

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