The Dream Factory

The Dream Factory

90 mins | Comedy | Feb. 1, 1997

Four friends come up with an unusual idea to make some money and have fun doing it. For a small fee, they will impersonate and act out any character role for their customers. In the course of executing this novel service, they encounter a whole spectrum of people in society, finding ways to genuinely help them boost their morale and overcome their fears, while gaining unusual and new insights into the human condition.

The Dream Factory

90 mins | Comedy | Feb. 1, 1997

The Dream Factory
Four friends come up with an unusual idea to make some money and have fun doing it. For a small fee, they will impersonate and act out any character role for their customers. In the course of executing this novel service, they encounter a whole spectrum of people in society, finding ways to genuinely help them boost their morale and overcome their fears, while gaining unusual and new insights into the human condition.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Beijing Film Studio, Beijing Forbidden City Film Co.
Original title 甲方乙方
Directors Feng Xiaogang
Writers

Cast

Ge You

as Yao Yuan

Liu Bei

as Zhou Beiyan

He Bing

as Liang Zi

Feng Xiaogang

as Qian Kang

Ying Da

as Patton

Xu Fan

as Tang Lijun

Yang Lixin

as Technician

Li Qi

as Fat Cook

Fu Biao

as Zhang Fugui

Li Bin

as Aunt Qi

Ye Jing

as Boss Yu

Liu Zhenyun

as Lovelorn Youth

Wang Xiaozhu

as Tang Lijun's Agent

Zhang Qiufang

as Zhang Fugui's Wife

Meng He

as Zeng Xiuqin

Ma Yongling

as Second Uncle

Sun Guitian

as Er Jiu Ma

Li Weijian

as Student