The Dream Factory (film)

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.[1] It was written by Feng Xiaogang and Wang Gang, adapting a Wang Shuo novel.

The Dream Factory
Directed byFeng Xiaogang
Written byFeng Xiaogang
Wang Gang
Based onNi bushi yige suren (You're No Common Person)
by Wang Shuo[1]
Release date
20 December 1997[2]
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Budget6 million yuan (830 thousand US dollars)[2]
Box office36 million yuan[2]

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


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