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Shanghai Dreams
CHINA · 2005

Shanghai Dreams

Wang Xiaoshuai
family conflict rural displacement forbidden romance cultural reform generational divide
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Synopsis

In 1980s China, the country is beginning to reform and workers who had been moved with their families to the provinces in the 60s now long to return to Shanghai. For one displaced family a conflict arises when their 19-year-old daughter finds love with a local boy, threatening their chance of a return to the city.

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