The Dream Factory (film)

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The Dream Factory
Directed byFeng Xiaogang
Written byFeng Xiaogang
Wang Gang
Based onNi bushi yige suren (You're No Common Person)
by Wang Shuo[2]
Release date
20 December 1997[1]
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Budget6 million yuan (830 thousand US dollars)[1]
Box office36 million yuan[1]

The Dream Factory (Chinese: 甲方乙方; pinyin: Jiǎfāng Yǐfāng; lit. 'Party A', 'Party B') is a 1997 Chinese comedy film directed by Feng Xiaogang. It was one of the first notable and successful he sui pian movies (Chinese New Year films) made in mainland China.[2] It was written by Feng Xiaogang and Wang Gang, adapting a Wang Shuo novel.

Plot[edit]

Four friends in Beijing—three men and a woman—start a company which specializes in fulfilling their clients' dreams. Enacting their wildest fantasies, they encounter many oddball clients along the way.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Yuwu Song (2013), Biographical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China, McFarland, p. 86, ISBN 978-0786435821
  2. ^ a b Yomi Braester (2010), Painting the City Red: Chinese Cinema and the Urban Contract, Duke University Press, p. 287, ISBN 978-0822392750

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