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Be There or Be Square

The story of two Chinese immigrants' struggles in America. Yuan Liu has lived in LA for years. He has no stable job, no family and lives in a wagon. He seems content with his life until the day he meets Qing Li, a woman with the big "American dream".

1h 43m1998TMDb 7.2

ComedyRomance

Chinese

Crew and Cast

Feng XiaogangFeng XiaogangDirector · CameoGe YouGe YouLiu YuanXu FanXu FanLi QingBobby C. KingBobby C. KingMasked robber

Storyline

The story of two Chinese immigrants' struggles in America. Yuan Liu has lived in LA for years. He has no stable job, no family and lives in a wagon. He seems content with his life until the day he meets Qing Li, a woman with the big "American dream".

Part of theFeng Xiaogang's Trilogy of New Year's ComediesView the collection

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Info

Original title
不见不散
Status
Released
Released
25 December 1998
Runtime
1h 43m
TMDB score
7.2 / 10 (33 votes)

Production

Director
Feng Xiaogang
Writers
Xiao Yang Gu, Feng Xiaogang
Studios
Beijing Film Studio, Beijing Forbidden City Film, Beijing Forbidden City Film Co., Ltd.
Countries
China

Box Office

Revenue
$5.9M
Collection
Feng Xiaogang's Trilogy of New Year's Comedies

Languages

Original
Chinese
Spoken
Mandarin, English