Mei li xin shi jie
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...
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Released
- 1999
- Country
- Taiwan, China
Details
Release year: 1999
Storyline
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...
Top credits
Wu Jiang — Zhang Baogen
Hong Tao — Huang Jinfang- Ning Chen — Chen Minhui
Richie Jen — Xiao Bai
User reviews
short and simple
A Beautiful New Chinese Film.
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
- Color
- Color
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