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City Dream

8.320191h 38mHDSUB98,866 views

Director: 陈为军

Storyline

On Lumo Road, a bustling street in Wuhan, an old telephone booth and a simple fruit stand on the sidewalk are the livelihood of Wang Tiancheng's family, farmers from Henan. For fourteen years, they have been playing cat-and-mouse with the urban management officers, becoming veritable 'street stall kings' and managing to settle in the city. Wang Tiancheng is a 70-year-old stroke patient, his wife has terminal cancer, and his son is disabled without a right hand. Their only joy is their granddaughter Pingping, who is in middle school and healthy and cheerful. 'Keep the family in the city and make Pingping a Wuhan local' is the family's dream, and life goes on with difficulty and simplicity. Until one day, when Lumo Road is designated to become a 'Jewelry Street' under the city's development plan, all street vendors must be cleared out. The conflict between Wang Tiancheng's family and the urban management squad escalates, and a 'battle for survival' begins...