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The Dream Factory

The Dream Factory

Part of Feng Xiaogang's Trilogy of New Year's Comedies

1997•1h 30m•7.1/10
Comedy

Ratings

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7.1/10(59)

Four friends come up with an unusual idea to make some money and have fun doing it. For a small fee, they will impersonate and act out any character role for their customers. In the course of executing this novel service, they encounter a whole spectrum of people in society, finding ways to genuinely help them boost their morale and overcome their fears, while gaining unusual and new insights into the human condition.

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Production

Beijing Forbidden City Film, Beijing Film Studio

Language

ZH

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Ge You

Ge You

Yao Yuan

Liu Bei

Liu Bei

Zhou Beiyan

He Bing

He Bing

Liang Zi

Feng Xiaogang

Feng Xiaogang

Qian Kang

Ying Da

Ying Da

Patton

Xu Fan

Xu Fan

Tang Lijun

Yang Lixin

Yang Lixin

Technician

Li Qi

Li Qi

Fat Cook

Fu Biao

Fu Biao

Zhang Fugui

Li Bin

Li Bin

Aunt Qi

Ye Jing

Ye Jing

Boss Yu

Liu Zhenyun

Liu Zhenyun

Lovelorn Youth

Wang Xiaozhu

Wang Xiaozhu

Tang Lijun's Agent

Zhang Qiufang

Zhang Qiufang

Zhang Fugui's Wife

Meng He

Meng He

Zeng Xiuqin

Ma Yongling

Ma Yongling

Second Uncle

Sun Guitian

Sun Guitian

Er Jiu Ma

Li Wei Jian

Li Wei Jian

Student

Chen Wei

Chen Wei

Ah Wei

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