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Dream Empire

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 13m
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Dream Empire (2016)
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Yana's company uses actors to turn remote Chinese ghost towns into temporary "international booming cities," tricking visitors into buying overpriced property. But when the real estate marke... Read allYana's company uses actors to turn remote Chinese ghost towns into temporary "international booming cities," tricking visitors into buying overpriced property. But when the real estate market starts to collapse, she faces financial ruin. A boom to bust tale set in China's buildin... Read allYana's company uses actors to turn remote Chinese ghost towns into temporary "international booming cities," tricking visitors into buying overpriced property. But when the real estate market starts to collapse, she faces financial ruin. A boom to bust tale set in China's building boom.

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    • David Borenstein
  • Writers
    • David Borenstein
    • Anna J. Ljungmark
  • Stars
    • Yana Yang
    • Jimmy
    • David Borenstein
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    • Director
      • David Borenstein
    • Writers
      • David Borenstein
      • Anna J. Ljungmark
    • Stars
      • Yana Yang
      • Jimmy
      • David Borenstein
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      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

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    Yana Yang
    • Self
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    • Self - chief editor of a Chinese economic newspaper
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      • David Borenstein
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      • Anna J. Ljungmark
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    Behind the curtains of the gigantic Chinese building boom

    Dave Blorensteins's documentary Dream Empire is a well made behind-the- scenes documentary about the Chinese building boom, making enormous ghost cities.

    The film maker himself has documented how he as a "white monkey" foreigner was very useful as a "musician" and "actor" for a small company renting him in to establish shows for getting people to buy some of the properties in newly built ghost cities.

    The fact of privately built Chinese ghost cities are well documented, though Chinese authorities denies the fact. Actual built cities with buildings for millions of inhabitants built on farming land, where poor peasants are forced to move to give room for cities built without any economic foundations. Some of these cities are occupied by only 1/7th or 1/50th of the intended population.

    The documentary reveals some of the human stories behind this boom which leaves a lot of dreams and dreams disillusioned.

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    • Release date
      • July 24, 2016 (Greece)
    • Country of origin
      • Denmark
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Chinese
    • Also known as
      • Drömriket
    • Filming locations
      • Chongqing, China
    • Production company
      • House of Real
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      • $600,000 (estimated)
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      • 1h 13m(73 min)
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