Boomtown Beijing
- (2008) 70 mins
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Boomtown Beijing Synopsis
Boomtown Beijing is a film about the city of Beijing, its people and their dreams the summer before the Olympics. The 2008 Olympics Games is China's debutante ball on the world stage. " Faster. Higher. Stronger" - the preparation for the Games has turned Beijing into a hot spot of frenzied growth. A 11 year old boy wants to beat the odds to become an Olympics torch-bearer. A road sweeper dreams of staging his own mass Olympics countdown performance. An aging blind athlete makes one last stab at a Paralympics medal before he retires from sports. Together, their stories and scenes of everyday life in the city give a snapshot of Beijing the summer before the Olympics.
Film Credits
Director
- Tan Siok Siok
Chief Producer
- Hu Tingting
Producer
- Wang Jia
Producer
- Wang Jiakun
Producer
- Yuan Yuan
Producer
- Wu Ran
Cinematographer
- Zhao Dahai
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