Movie
American Dreams in China
Overview
Three Chinese friends build a successful English language school to help Chinese teenagers fulfil their dreams.
Details
- Release date
- 2013-05-17
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Enlight Pictures, China Film Group Corporation
- Country
- China
- Original language
- ZH
Cast
- Huang Xiaoming as 成冬青
- Deng Chao as 孟晓骏
- Tong Dawei as 王阳
- Du Juan as 苏梅
- Tong Lei as 许文
- Liu Tianzuo as 牛咏啸
- Yang Yi as 警察
- Wang Zhener as 良琴
- Zhang Zimu as 良琴（6岁）
- Daniel Martin Berkey as 波诺
- Georg Anton as 签证官
- Allen Enlow as 新梦想律师
Crew
- Peter Chan Ho-Sun - Director
- Aubrey Lam Oi-Wah - Writer
- Zhou Zhiyong - Writer
- Zhang Ji - Writer
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