Zhong Guo He Huo Ren (American Dreams in China)
Director: Peter chan
Writers : Robert Chou, Zhang Ji.
Stars : Xiaoming Huang, Dawei tong, Deng Chao
Synopsis
China, 2003. Beijing-based New Dreams language school - founded by Meng Xiaojun (Deng Chao), Wang Yang (Tong Dawei) and Cheng Dongqing (Huang Xiaoming) - is being sued by New York's EES for allegedly stealing its TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) exam papers to give New Dreams' students an advantage in applying to US universities. Back in 1980, the three had met at Yanjing University in Beijing. The most ambitious was Xiaojun, who was dating Liang Qin (Wang Zhen); his grandfather had gained an English degree in the US and he was obsessed with following in his footsteps. Dongqing was romancing fellow student Su Mei (Du Juan), while Wang Yang was seeing an American girl, Lucy (Claire Quirk). Xiaojun passed his TOEFL exam and got a US student visa, vowing never to return to China now he had an opportunity to pursue his dream. Dongqing, however, was rejected and stayed on as a university teacher. By 1988, Dongqing was married to Su Mei and giving private English lessons in addition to doing his university job. But after Su Mei left for the US when she got a visa, and Lucy returned home, Dongqing and Wang Yang were left alone. By 1992, China's economy was starting to boom; but in the US, Xiaojun, now married to Liang Qin, was fired from his job in a lab. The following year, Su Mei called Dongqing from the US and said she wanted to break up; subsequently, Dongqing was sacked from YJU's Foreign Languages Faculty for his unauthorised private teaching. He and Wang Yang started a school in an abandoned factory to feed the demand for English lessons and made a ton of money. In 1994, Xiaojun returned from the US, with his tail between his legs, and joined the other two in the school, contributing his experience of what Americans want. They named the school New Dream, moved into new premises and became the largest private school in China. But business differences between the three then started to divide them.
Genre
Drama
Country
China
Language
Mandarin
Release Date
17 May 2013
Filming Location
Beijing, China
Production Co
China Film Group, Edko Films, Media Asia Films
Runtime
112 Min
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