A Beautiful New World

A Beautiful New World

97 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 19, 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...

A Beautiful New World

97 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 19, 1999

A Beautiful New World
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...
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Imar Film Co., Ltd., Xi'an Film Studio
Original title 美丽新世界
Directors Shi Runjiu
Writers Shi Runjiu, Liu Fendou

Cast

Jiang Wu

as Zhang Baogen

Hong Tao

as Huang Jinfang

Richie Jen

as Xiaobai

Wu Bai

as Ah Liang

Tong Zhengwei

as Mrs. Cai

Dongfu Lin

as Real Estate Manager

Lei Cheng

as Ahua

Niu Ben

as Liu Azhu