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Sorry Baby (1999)

Sorry Baby poster
Original title
没完没了
Directed by
Feng Xiaogang
Genre
comedy film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 35 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Beijing van driver tries to get his unpaid wages from a travel agency boss. He goes so far as to kidnap the boss's Singaporean girlfriend to force payment.

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What happens

Sorry Baby (Chinese: 沒完沒了; pinyin: Méiwán méiliǎo) is a 1999 Chinese comedy film directed by Feng Xiaogang, presented by Forbidden City Film, starring Jacklyn Wu, Ge You and Fu Biao. It is one of Feng's Chinese New Year films (hesui pian). The film tells of the attempts made by a Beijing van driver (Ge You) to obtain his wage arrears from travel agency boss (Fu Biao) - even to the point of kidnapping the latter's Singaporean girlfriend (Jacklyn Wu). The Chinese title can be translated as “never-ending (persistency)”. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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