DIRECTOR: MUYE WEN
STARRING: JACKSON YEE, YU TIAN, HALIN CHEN
RUNNING TIME: 1 HR 46 MINUTES
20 year old Jing Hao came to Shenzhen to live with his young sister alone. The siblings live a warm yet straitened life. In an effort to pay for his sister's expensive surgery, Jing Hao gets an opportunity by chance, thinking that a better life is coming, but unexpectedly encounters a serious setback.
STARRING: JACKSON YEE, YU TIAN, HALIN CHEN
RUNNING TIME: 1 HR 46 MINUTES
20 year old Jing Hao came to Shenzhen to live with his young sister alone. The siblings live a warm yet straitened life. In an effort to pay for his sister's expensive surgery, Jing Hao gets an opportunity by chance, thinking that a better life is coming, but unexpectedly encounters a serious setback.
FILM REVIEW:
(This review contains spoilers.)
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
Nice View is the latest International Feature submission from China. The film takes place in Shenzhen in 2013. And it follows a brother and sister who live together in a small apartment after their mother died and their father, subsequently, left them.
Jing Hao is 20 years old and he’s been taking care of his sister Tongtong for her entire life. She’s now six years old. She suffers from a heart problem and her doctor recommends that she gets surgery before she’s eight years old. Jing Hao owns a small cellphone repair shop called Nice View, but he doesn’t have enough money saved for the surgery, which will cost around $300,000 to $500,000 Yuan (roughly $40,000 USD). He’s having problems paying the rent and supporting both of them, let alone being able to save any money.
When a friend gives Jing Hao an opportunity of a lifetime for purchasing hundreds and hundreds of refurbished phones for a small amount, he takes out a $50,000 Yuan loan and puts his shop as collateral. To his misfortune, a few days later, the police begin breaking down into the knock-off phone industry making it illegal for anyone to sell these kinds of phones. This setback not only loses him his business, but their entire financial situation is wrecked.
Jing Hao though comes up with a creative idea to salvage all the parts for these phones and sell them back to the supplier.
Director Muye Wen’s latest film is a heartwarming story about perseverance in the midst of tragedy. It’s a simple, straight-forward film about fighting against all odds for what matters the most in someone’s life. It’s a film dedicated to all the miracle workers who are able to achieve success in something that other people find very extremely difficult. Nice View is a film about hope.
(This review contains spoilers.)
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
Nice View is the latest International Feature submission from China. The film takes place in Shenzhen in 2013. And it follows a brother and sister who live together in a small apartment after their mother died and their father, subsequently, left them.
Jing Hao is 20 years old and he’s been taking care of his sister Tongtong for her entire life. She’s now six years old. She suffers from a heart problem and her doctor recommends that she gets surgery before she’s eight years old. Jing Hao owns a small cellphone repair shop called Nice View, but he doesn’t have enough money saved for the surgery, which will cost around $300,000 to $500,000 Yuan (roughly $40,000 USD). He’s having problems paying the rent and supporting both of them, let alone being able to save any money.
When a friend gives Jing Hao an opportunity of a lifetime for purchasing hundreds and hundreds of refurbished phones for a small amount, he takes out a $50,000 Yuan loan and puts his shop as collateral. To his misfortune, a few days later, the police begin breaking down into the knock-off phone industry making it illegal for anyone to sell these kinds of phones. This setback not only loses him his business, but their entire financial situation is wrecked.
Jing Hao though comes up with a creative idea to salvage all the parts for these phones and sell them back to the supplier.
Director Muye Wen’s latest film is a heartwarming story about perseverance in the midst of tragedy. It’s a simple, straight-forward film about fighting against all odds for what matters the most in someone’s life. It’s a film dedicated to all the miracle workers who are able to achieve success in something that other people find very extremely difficult. Nice View is a film about hope.
