A Beautiful New World(1999)

movie - first aired/released 1999-02-19 - 97 min - audience 6.0

Comedy, Drama

Directed by Shi Runjiu

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...