Nice View (film)
2022 Chinese film
Nice View is a 2022 Chinese drama film and the second solo feature film directed by Wen Muye. It follows a young man named Jing Hao who, in order to save his sister, desperately seizes the opportunity he found to start a business, changes his fate, and affects the people around him. The film was completed in October 2021 and was released in mainland China on February 1, 2022 (the first day of the Chinese New Year).
Nice View grossed over $211 million, making it the sixth-highest-grossing Chinese film of 2022. China submitted Nice View for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Plot
Twenty-year-old Jing Hao moves to Shenzhen with his young sister, Jing Tong, to start a new life. Though the siblings share a warm bond, they struggle financially. Jing Tong has inherited their mother's congenital heart disease and requires surgery as soon as possible. To afford the medical expenses, Jing Hao must raise CN¥350,000 within a year and a half.
By chance, he comes across a batch of defective smartphones.
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