《蜗居》这部片其实是改编自一部小说，书中描述了当今不择手段追求财富的中国，城市 — — 尤其是上海 — — 房价飞涨以及房地产狂热对中国年轻一代的影响。
“Wo Ju” is an adaptation of a novel about recent skyrocketing housing prices in Chinese cities – especially in Shanghai – and the effect of real-estate fever on young Chinese men and women in today’s get-rich-by-any-means China.