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The Dream Factory(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-02-01
69%
45 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Overview:
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.
Languages: Mandarin.
Countries:
China
ProductionCompanies:
Beijing Forbidden City Film
Beijing Film Studio
Movie: The Dream Factory
Top 10 Billed Cast
葛优
Yao Yuan
Liu Bei
Zhou Beiyan
He Bing
Liang Zi
冯小刚
Qian Kang
Ying Da
Patton
徐帆
Tang Lijun
杨立新
Technician
Li Qi
Fat Cook
Fu Biao
Zhang Fugui
李滨
Aunt Qi
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1997-02-01
Average
6.9
Rating:
3.5 startsTagline
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Languages:
普通话
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