A Beautiful New World (美丽新世界) 25 years old

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...

Credits

A Beautiful New World Cast

Name Character
Richie Ren He was 32, now 57 years old as Xiao Bai
Jiang Wu He was 31, now 56 years old as Zhang Baogen
Hong Tao She was 27, now 52 years old as Huang Jinfang
Wu Bai He was 31, now 56 years old as Liang

A Beautiful New World Crew

Name Department
Fendou Liu as Screenplay. Writing
Yang Hongyu as Editor. Editing
Peter Loehr as Producer. He was 32 (now 57) years old Production
Yue Lu as Director of Photography. He was 42 (now 67) years old Camera
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A Beautiful New World (25 years)

  • Release day: Friday, February 19, 1999
  • Runtime: 97 minutes