Movie: American Dreams in China

Top 10 Billed Cast

Huang Xiaoming
黄晓明

成冬青

Deng Chao
邓超

孟晓骏

Tong Dawei
佟大为

王阳

Du Juan
杜鹃

苏梅

Tong Lei
佟磊

许文

Liu Tianzuo
刘天佐

牛咏啸

Yang Yi
杨轶

警察

Wang Zhener
王真儿

良琴

Zhang Zimu
张籽沐

良琴(6岁)

Daniel Martin Berkey
Daniel Martin Berkey

波诺

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  • Overview

    Three Chinese friends build a successful English language school to help Chinese teenagers fulfil their dreams.

  • Release Date

    2013-05-17

  • Average

    6.78

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
  • Tagline

    No pain, no gain.

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    普通话English
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