American Dreams in China
Cast: Deng Chao, Du Juan, Huang Xiaoming, Liu Tianzuo, Tong Dawei, Tong Lei, Wang Zhener, Yang Yi
Synopsis:
During the economic reform period of the 80s, three undergraduates bind together by a common ambition to live the American dream. They are Cheng Dongqing, a hillbilly who refuses to accept his destiny of being a farmer; Meng Xiaojun, a self-confident, cynical intellectual; and Wang Yang, an idealistic romantic poet. Xiaojun is the first to obtain an US Visa for studying abroad. Yang follows but decides to remain in China for his beloved. Poor Dongqing is rejected by the US Embassy repeatedly. Baffled, he reluctantly accepts the job as an English instructor in the university but eventually gets fired for teaching tutorial classes in private. Across the Pacific, Xiaojun fails to find a decent job and is driven to work as a busboy in a diner.
