This Is Sanlitun

Name: This Is Sanlitun
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Released: 2013-09-10
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 8.1

★ 8,1 /10 (7 Votes)

2013 EN 95 min

Overview

British sad sack Gary is a failed entrepreneur who has just arrived in Beijing's stylish Sanlitun district, allegedly to start a business. There are other reasons why he has uprooted himself — he's followed his ex-wife and young son, for one — but he soon finds out that China isn't the easiest place to succeed. Blissfully untouched by self-awareness, and only fitfully in tune with reality, Gary sallies forth to make money, armed with faith in himself and little to no knowledge of Chinese culture. He soon hooks up with Frank, a trust-fund kid from Australia who offers to mentor Gary in Eastern ways, although Frank's pedagogical method is restricted to yelling at Gary for being a Westerner and not being as "Chinese" as him.

Release date

10/09/2013

Votes

Popularity

0.7

China is like a beer, if you don't like the taste you can just keep drinking

Genres

Comedy Drama Family Romance

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

95 min

Website

vimeo.com

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Carlos Ottery

Gary

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Christopher Loton

Frank

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Ai Wan

Lin

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Cromwell Cheung

Wang Ke

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Located in Beijing’s bustling Chaoyang District, the Sanlitun area is home to the city’s ever-growing expatriate community due to its vibrant nightlife and proximity to various embassies, not to mention its luxury shopping center that constitutes a veritable retail wonderland for those who have secured big salaries through relocation to the Concrete Dragon. Sanlitun’s social scene is enjoyed as much by self-consciously fashionable Beijingers as it is by foreigners, although the circumstances behind its big screen breakthrough in the independent comedy This is Sanlitun are very much in keeping …

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