| Overview: | An unprecedented event in the history of motion pictures was one of the first contemporary feature films from The People's Republic of China ever to be exhibited in the Western Hemisphere. "Rickshaw Boy", based on the well known story of famous Chinese novelist Lao She, stars Zhang Fengyi ("The Emperor And The Assassin" and "Farewell My Concubine"). A box office sensation, the film did remarkably well earning eight Chinese and International Film awards and making Zhang a household name.
Veteran director's Lin Zifeng's work tells the classic Chinese tale of a hardworking peasant who tries to make his way in the Chinese capital. After three years of back-breaking labor to establish a business of his own, the daughter of the rickshaw company falls in love with him.
This story has a tough Chinese twist--revealing much about the collision of ancient class distinctions in the preservation of capital, family and wealth.
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