The Dream Factory (film)

The Dream Factory
Directed by	Feng Xiaogang
Written by	Feng Xiaogang Wang Gang
Based on	Ni bushi yige suren (You're No Common Person) by Wang Shuo[2]
Release date	20 December 1997 (1997-12-20)[1]
Country	China
Language	Mandarin
Budget	6 million yuan (830 thousand US dollars)[1]
Box office	36 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

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

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

External links

• The Dream Factory at IMDb
• The Dream Factory at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase