A Beautiful New World
(1999)
★ 6 IMDb · 4 votes
Year: 1999
Runtime: 97 мин
Country: Taiwan, China
Director: Shi Runjiu
Cast: 姜武, 陶虹, 任賢齊, Wu Bai, Tong Zhengwei, 林棟甫, Lei Cheng, Ню Бэнь
Plot
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...