Summary
The story of two Chinese immigrants' struggles in America. Yuan Liu has lived in LA for years. He has no stable job, no family and lives in a wagon. He seems content with his life until the day he meets Qing Li, a woman with the big "American dream".
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 71GoodWatch 71
IMDb7.2
Letterboxd · 457 ratings3.4/5
Running time
1 h 43 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 100103Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
1998
December 25, 1998
28 years ago
Genres
ComedyRomanceLanguage
Chinese
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishMade in
China
and 1 moreDirecting · 1
- Feng Xiaogang Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Xiao Yang Gu Writer
Camera · 2
Editing · 1
- Zhou Ying Editor
Sound · 5
- San Bao Music
- Sun Nan Songs
- Zhang Bojiang Sound
- Gao Shiyi Foley Artist
- Wei Junhua Foley Artist
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Zhang Renjie Costume Designer
Other crew · 2
- Han San Ping Presenter
- Xiaoxiong Yang Cinematography
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