Shanghai Dreams (simplified Chinese: 青红; traditional Chinese: 青紅; pinyin: qīng hóng) is a 2005 Chinese film directed by Wang Xiaoshuai and starring Gao Yuanyuan, Li Bin, Tang Yang, Wang Xiaoyang, and Yao Anlian. The film was produced by Stellar Megamedia, Debo Films Ltd. and Kingwood Ltd.
Shanghai Dreams was the winner of the Jury Prize at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
The film is set in the early 1980s and follows a Shanghainese family sent to ...
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Shanghai Dreams (simplified Chinese: 青红; traditional Chinese: 青紅; pinyin: qīng hóng) is a 2005 Chinese film directed by Wang Xiaoshuai and starring Gao Yuanyuan, Li Bin, Tang Yang, Wang Xiaoyang, and Yao Anlian. The film was produced by Stellar Megamedia, Debo Films Ltd. and Kingwood Ltd.
Shanghai Dreams was the winner of the Jury Prize at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
The film is set in the early 1980s and follows a Shanghainese family sent to work in a factory in Guizhou as part of the 'Third Front', intended as an industrial base if China were invaded. The father, obsessed with returning to Shanghai for a better life for his family, attempts to prevent a romance between his daughter and a local worker. The film is partly autobiographical in nature, as Wang's family was also sent to Guizhou as a child.
Shanghai Dreams represents the first time a director has approached the subject of the "Third Line of Defense" and its consequences. This is in no small part due to the director,...
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