The New King of Comedy (2019)

Original title

新喜劇之王

Directed by

Stephen Chow

Genre

comedy film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman works as an extra and a stand-in in the Chinese film industry while holding on to her dream of becoming a real actor. She faces setbacks and small humiliations but keeps trying to make it.

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What happens

The New King of Comedy (Chinese: 新喜剧之王) is a 2019 comedy-drama film directed, written, and produced by Stephen Chow. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, it is a remake of Chow's own 1999 film King of Comedy, this time set in China with different characters. The film tells the story of a young woman who is dreaming and striving to pursue the actors' dream despite being an extra and stand-in. It was released in China on 5 February 2019 during the Lunar New Year 2019. With a budget of US$8 million along with few months of filming and post-production, it is believed to be the smallest project of Chow's career as a filmmaker. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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