SYNOPSIS

Set in the early 1980’s, against the backdrop of China’s reform and opening, SHANGHAI DREAMS is the story of first love. The protagonist, nineteen-year-old Qing Hong, comes from a typical emigrant family who relocated to Guizhou Province from their hometown of Shanghai in the mid 1960’s. Her father is eager to go back to Shanghai, but for Qing Hong, the choice to relocate is complicated by her budding romance with Hong Gen, a young man from a local peasant family.

PREVIEW NOTES

• Variety reports that New Line has acquired the spec script comedy by Steve Faber and Bob Fisher. - 2004-06-25