Burning Dreams
Nov 04 2003
•1h 15m
•Documentary
The film sketches the lives and tribulations of some of those kids the college girl on summer break, the boys from the neighbouring province who only want to do hip-hop and through them we get a real glimpse of what makes Shanghai today a promising big city.
Cast
See allLiang Yi
Yang Yang
Li Feng
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