window to paris ( russian : окно в париж ) is a 1993 russian drama film directed by yuri mamin .

some french friends suggested that yuri mamin should make a joint russian-french film , which led to the creation of the 1993 film " window to paris " or " salade russe " .

the film starts with residents of a saint petersburg communal apartment of 1990s finding a window hidden behind a cupboard that leads to a mansard roof and shows the effect of this discovery .

the film is a grotesque prediction of the effect of fall of the iron curtain on the life in europe , about the invasion of russian demoralized businessmen and the humiliation of the intelligentsia in russia .

at the end of the film , the main character , nikolai chizhov , a school music teacher and a member of the russian intelligentsia , gives a persuasive speech to the children , who have decided to remain in paris .

in his words : you were born in a terrible time in a poor , devastated country .

but it is your country , after all !

do n't you want to make it better ?

at that time , this was a rather rare demonstration of patriotism ; the authors of the film and all its actors were quite sincere .

as a division of lenfilm , the film company troitsky most refused to participate in financing the project , thus putting the french partners on the edge of financial collapse and threatening the production of the film .

because of this situation , yuri mamin was urged to establish his own film company in order to attract support from commercial businesses that were thriving in post-perestroika russia .

that is how yuri mamin 's fountain fund for support and development of cinematography was created .

the name of the fund , " fountain " , is from mamin 's preceding film that won the grand prize at a french film festival , which had been organized under the patronage of madame danielle mitterrand , the wife of the french then-president françois mitterrand .

it was this in particular that facilitated financing for the film " window to paris " from the french fund cnc .

the comedy " window to paris " attained such success in france and at the berlin film festival that michael barker , the co-president of the american distribution company sony pictures classics , arranged for the film to be released in the united states , and twice requested goskino to submit the film " window to paris " for the 1994 academy award for best foreign language film .

barker wrote : " the response to the film at screenings in los angeles and new york has been terrific with both the critics and the audiences .

it seems to communicate the message of bringing two cultures together in a warm and enlightening manner ... should ' salade russe ' be the official russian entry to the academy for the best foreign film academy award , we feel confident the picture will not only be nominated for the award , but has a very good chance to ultimately win the award itself . "

however , at that time nikita mikhalkov , with his freshly finished film " burnt by the sun " , greatly wished to be considered for the oscar .

after the chairman of the russian oscar committee , elem klimov , did not agree to submit mikhalkov ’s film to the competition , mikhalkov demonstrated his outstanding skills in behind-the-scenes intrigues .

elem klimov was immediately replaced by mikhalkov 's brother , andrey konchalovsky , who agreed to send the film " burnt by the sun " to the united states .

thus , mamin was deprived of the opportunity to win the oscar .

the members of the russian oscar committee remain under the control of nikita mikhalkov , who shapes the politics of russian cinematography .

therefore , in mamin 's opinion , neither the best nor the most talented films are being submitted to the american film academy , but rather the ones created by mikhalkov 's favorite artists .

nikita mikhalkov is currently vladimir putin 's cinematography adviser .

the idea of a mystical window , a dimensional portal between russia and paris , came to the mind of the moscow screenwriter felix mironer long before gorbachev 's perestroika .

he told this idea to the filmmaker aleksey german , who sold it 20 years later to arkady tigai , yuri mamin ' co-author , for a bottle of cognac .

" window to paris " may be truly called a people 's film .

it is the most famous of all yuri mamin ’s works , and is loved by millions of viewers around the world .

many quotations from the film have become folk proverbs .

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window to paris <EOT> window to paris trailer 1995 director : yuri mamin starring : agnes soral , serguei dontsov , victor mikhailov , , , official content from sony pictures home entertainment classic russian black humor . a young musician discovers a magic window that transports him from his dreary moscow apartment to the streets of paris . russian with english subtitles . movie , window to paris movie , window to paris trailer , window to paris 1995 , yuri mamin , agnes soral , serguei dontsov , victor mikhailov , , ,

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noisy , quirky , earnest , melodramatic , political , anarchistic , cute ! a couple of likeable slobs in post - perestroikan st . petersburg discover that one window of their run - down communal housing project leads directly to paris - artsy , wealthy , capitalist paris .

in this comedy - fantasy a group of russian eccentrics discover that they can go to paris from their home in st . petersburg by leaping through an apartment window . the first eccentric is nikolay , an oddball teacher . next is his rotund , crude neighbor gorokhov and his family . one night nikolay and gorokhov climb through a hidden window to get on the roof . they get rip - roarin ' drunk the destroy the studio apartment of nicole , an artist . it is only in the morning that they realize that they were actually in paris . soon gorokhov ' s whole family is going to paris where they loot and bring back western goods into russia . it is nicole ' s apartment they go to and she is going crazy by their repeated visits . she turns the tables and climbs through the window to their home . she is appalled by modern st . petersburg with its violence , poverty , and political upheaval . she gets into trouble with the local police but is saved by nikolay who convinces them that she is edith piaf on tour . later nikolay decides to take his students to paris . unfortunately , they don ' t want to leave and the window is going to close for the next 20 years . ~ sandra brennan , rovi

( cnn ) three of the men who helped thwart a terrorist attack on a train bound for paris will star in clint eastwood ' s upcoming film about the incident , " the 15 : 17 to paris , " warner bros . pictures has announced .

the drawing seen at the start of yuri mamin ' s " window to paris " looks like a charming french street scene , but it disintegrates before the viewer ' s very eyes . as the picture comes to life , stylized gallic gaiety gives way to russian reality , with drab colors , clumsy buffoonery , a circus atmosphere and a long line for vodka destroying any suggestion of hedonism or style .

yuri mamin ' s wacky , knockabout " window to paris , " a sharp , no - holds - barred satire of the moral and fiscal bankruptcy of present - day russia , risks being merely excruciating in order to be excruciatingly funny . it ' s the kind of calamitous , risk - taking comedy that you must lock into right at the start if it ' s not going to affect you like chalk scraping across a blackboard .

the movie will follow the lives of the three men leading up to august 2015 , when the trio successfully stopped an alleged isis terrorist from launching a gun attack on a high - speed train traveling from amsterdam to paris .

paris is of course everything st . petersburg is not : a consumer paradise where the shelves of the stores are bursting with bounty .

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after a night of revelry , nikolai , gorokhov ( victor mihailov ) and some other boozy pals discover that there ' s a window behind the armoire in nikolai ' s room . but the roof it goes onto is not in st . petersburg but in paris . it takes a while , understandably , for these guys to realize they ' re not in st . petersburg anymore .

basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him . riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you . …

" window to paris , " a buffoonish culture - clash comedy with a broadly sentimental streak , relies on similar french - russian disparities as its only sure - fire source of wit , though mr . mamin doesn ' t explore his premise cleverly enough to keep the film steadily aloft . alongside the occasional droll comparison of national temperments , there ' s also quite a bit of silliness involving a pretty french taxidermist whose studio happens to look out on the magic window . language barrier gags abound , as do scenes juxtaposing boorish , drunken russians with the haughtier , more self - possessed french . the film maker ' s ideas about both nations remain unsurprising , since they ' re fully apparent from the very start .

nikolai ( played by sergei dontsov ) has been fired from his job as a music teacher and has to live in the gym until he finds a place to stay . finally , he gets a communal room in the apartment of gorokhov ( victor mikhalkov ) . the room ' s previous inhabitant , an old lady , has died a year ago , and yet her cat , maxi , is still in the locked room , healthy and fat . soon , nikolai and his neighbours discover the mystery : there is a window to paris in the room . that ' s when the comedy begins - will the russians be able to cope with the temptation to profit from the discovery ?

this song is the first introduction to amélie’s adult life . once years pass , amélie has become bored with her quiet and dull life . she decides to leave home and take a train to paris . first , amélie gets an apartment . then , she gets a job in montmartre at the 2 windmills cafe ( “café des 2 moulins ) .

the movie is based on a book written by the trio and author jeffrey e . stern , called " the 15 : 17 to paris : the true story of a terrorist , a train , and three american heroes . "

' window to paris ' serguei dontsov : nikolai agnes soral : nicole victor mihailov : gorokhov nina oussatova : vera gorokhov a sony pictures classics release . director yuri mamin . producer guy seligmann . screenplay by mamin , arkadi tigai . cinematographers sergei nekrassov , anatoli lapchov . editors olga andrianova . costumes natalya zamakhina . music yuri mamin , aleksei zalivalov . set designer vera zelinskaia . in russian and french , with english subtitles . running time : 1 hour , 31 minutes .

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paris has been a mecca for russians since before the revolution , and here it represents western prosperity and freedom . architecturally , the two cities are similar , having been defined by 18th - and 19th - century classical styles , but st . petersburg , for all its own fabled beauty and grandeur , is shown to be run - down and ill - kempt in comparison to the city of light . an ancient chart discovered on the wall of nikolai ' s room reveals that the russians ' " window of opportunity " will last only 20 days , with the wall closing up for another 20 years . in no time the gorokhovs are hawking russian souvenirs and even pianos in a paris square , but their noisy ways draw the ire of nicole ( agnes soral ) .

" window to paris , " which opens today at lincoln plaza cinemas , stars sergei dontsov as nikolai , the clownish , sad - sack music teacher who accidentally stumbles across the gateway to french culture . assigned to a crowded , boisterous apartment where the residents store groceries inside their several pianos , he is given the room of a recently deceased old woman , who kept models of parisian landmarks as part of her decor . it ' s typical of the film ' s coarse comic style that this old woman appears not as a mysterious , ghostly figure but as one more cantankerous character on an already - crowded scene . not surprising , the escape hatch out of russia has great allure .

mr . mamin , whose film making is more spirited than accomplished , doesn ' t do much to further that cause . the film ' s russia - bashing culminates in a bleak interlude when the french taxidermist finds herself passing through the looking glass and getting nightmarishly stuck in st . petersburg . unlike tougher russian directors like pavel lungine ( " taxi blues " ) , mr . mamin doesn ' t take a bitter , scorching view of his country ' s troubles , preferring instead to poke gentle fun and look on the sunny side . by the time " window to paris " is over , songs and balloons and sweetness have supplanted any possible sting . window to paris directed by yuri mamin ; written by mr . mamin and arkadi tigai ( in french and russian , with english subtitles ) ; directors of photography , sergei nekrassov and anatoly lapchov ; edited by olga andrianova and joele van effenterre ; music by mr . mamin and aleksei zalivalov ; produced by guy seligmann ; released by sony pictures classics . at lincoln plaza cinemas , broadway at 63d street . running time : 87 minutes . this film is not rated . with : agnes soral ( nicole ) , sergei dontsov ( nikolai ) , viktor mikhailov ( gorokhov ) and nina oussatova ( vera )

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as a story device , the magical mirror is promising . but mamim doesn ' t do much with it - certainly nothing as biting and satirical as he might have . there is a subplot involving a french neighbor who doesn ' t like the noise of the visiting russian party animals , and another subplot involving a french woman who visits russia , and some sight gags based on everybody getting drunk . when nikolai ' s students go on strike , he bribes them with a trip to paris , and when they want to stay , he delivers a heartfelt speech about their duty to their country .

things are not running well in russia . the old days of top - down management have been replaced by indifferent anarchy , and although a class may be interrupted by a shipment of computers , there is not necessarily a reason for the computers , or anything to teach on them , or with them , and they may be headed for a fate similar to the pianos ( which are used to conceal contraband groceries ) . in paris , on the other hand , there is bounty everywhere , and the movie underlines the plight of the russian visitors , who focus so single - mindedly on the material .

one night the new boarder , a teacher whose name is nikolai , sees a ghostly visitor in the apartment . the others see her , too , and explain that she is an old woman , looking for her cat , which has gone missing ever since her death . where is the cat ? its disappearance holds a clue to the movie ' s comic premise , which is that by stepping through a mirror in the old woman ' s room , you can be magically transported from st . petersburg to paris .

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nikolai , who has been sleeping in the school gym , at last lands a garret room in an apartment that is home to the gorokhovs , a combative , overweight family given to a great deal of eating and drinking and singing . they are exuberant vulgarians , exasperating but capable of an embracing kindliness and generosity . they are clearly meant to be archetypal russian survivors ; they may get on your nerves , yet they ' re hearty enough to take life in stride .

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soon nikolai and his neighbors are making regular trips across time and space , managing to get so drunk in the process that it takes them a while to grasp the magnitude of their adventure . once the drunk jokes subside and the premise sinks in , mr . mamin himself has nowhere to go , and the film begins taking weightlessly farcical turns . eventually , it reaches a moment of sufficient toothlessness for nikolai to tell his music students : " you were born at the wrong time in a miserable , bankrupt country . but it ' s still your country . can ' t you make it a better place ? "

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dontsov is a warm , likable man who is the film ' s rueful , wise linchpin . for all his vaulting artistic spirit , dontsov ' s nikolai has his feet on the ground ; he remains the realist while others get caught up in their self - absorbed flights of fancy . each successive , frequently hilarious adventure experienced by nikolai - - and the others - - allows mamin further opportunity to skewer some aspect of current russian society . having ticked off a long list of ills , mamin nevertheless is in fact making a plea for russians to stay home and deal with them .

while nikolai finds himself attracted to nicole , she and the gorokhovs get into escalating donnybrooks , which culminate with nicole finding herself wandering over a st . petersburg at night that ' s something like the south bronx - - and wearing nothing but mules , a towel turban and a short satin dressing gown .

contrasting such stereotypes of french and russian culture , mr . mamin makes his countrymen the butt of an extended , wistful joke . his film asks what would happen to russians who could suddenly escape their impoverished society and find themselves in the midst of french culture , which they regard with a mixture of suspicion , envy and disbelief .

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" who protected them from the tartar mongols ? " one of the film ' s russian characters asks belligerently , once the " twilight zone " - type device of the title lets them step directly from st . petersburg to a rooftop within view of the eiffel tower . " we held them back for 200 years . meanwhile , they " - - the french - - " evolved . "

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housing space is at a premium in russia , and the young man is happy to be assigned a room in an apartment already filled with as many people as one of those crowded warrens in " crime and punishment . " what amazes him is how many pianos there are in the apartment . " we work at the factory , " a resident helpfully explains . that means they have more pianos than they need - but not enough , of course , food , clothing or vodka .

i originally saw this movie as a blockbuster vhs rental . that was quite some time ago , but still remembered it . blockbuster doesn ' t have it anymore . netflix didn ' t have it and there weren ' t many copies on the web - - only a few spendy vhs copies . recently did finally find it available in dvd form on ebay for a reasonable price ( in pal format , but our dvd player will play pal discs on our ntsc tv ) . wife and i both enjoyed it . the style of the movie is a bit strong , and many if not most of the parts are rather strongly over - played as if amateurs were making it ( especially the kids ) , but it ' s not bothersome . the contrasts of societies are accentuated in the overplay . there is a bit of political preaching in terms of saying that the young in russia shouldn ' t try to escape their not - so - great life but instead should at least try to make things better first . but that ' s not dominant . it ' s fairly humorous most of the time . some downplaying of the west commented upon by others isn ' t that at all imo , i take it as a comment about expectations of the russian characters . at least when taken from my western viewpoint . perhaps it ' s a downplay of the west from a russian viewpoint ( which it is literally by the characters saying it ) . i can ' t say how literally true to the film the english subtitles are , but i can say that the subtitles were done very well , full of english idioms as if done by a native english speaker - - complete with " colorful " language .

as an example of the direction the movie might have taken , consider the moment when a visiting russian explains why france is so far ahead of his motherland : " we held off the mongol hordes for them , so they had the luxury of developing . " yes , perhaps , but what then ? and did they develop in such a wonderful way after all ? is russia such a grim place that there are no jokes to be made about the ways in which france might be flawed ? looking at the movie , i felt marooned in one of those lightweight multinational comedies of the 1970s , like " if it ' s tuesday , this must be belgium , " in which most of the jokes were based on national characteristics i didn ' t much care about .

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soon nikolai and the others are moving back and forth between russia and france almost as a daily commute . and the director , yuri mamin , is making jokes that i imagine resonate a great deal more deeply , and even painfully , in russia than in france - or america .

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spindly , weathered , straggly haired serguei dontsov stars as nikolai , a music and aesthetics teacher in a st . petersburg business high school , where he ' s regarded as obsolete . he , on the other hand , sees the school system , which has cut arts instruction , as turning out predators and ignoramuses , just as it did under communism . in any event , he ' s whipped his kids into a song - and - dance unit straight out of " fame . "

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naturally , this strange new world beyond the curtain fascinates our heroes as much as it confounds them , resulting in numerous hilarious encounters , misunderstandings and clashes of culture . much of the imagery is so over - the - top that it almost buries the plot , and i can see how some folks might find that annoying . for me , the film worked very well though : a cute , somewhat clumsy story about life , diversity , ignorance and the choices everyone faces at some point during their life .

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go lala go ! ( simplified chinese : 杜拉拉升职记 ; traditional chinese : 杜拉拉升職記 ; pinyin : dù lālā shēngzhí jì ; literally : " du lala 's promotion " ) is a 2010 chinese romantic comedy film about a chinese woman who learns how to balance a relationship and professional work in a work place .

it is directed by xu jinglei , who also plays the title character , and is based on a novel , du lala 's promotion , by li ke .

the film also stars stanley huang and karen mok .

go lala go ! was released to mainland chinese audiences on 15 april 2010 , where it competed for ticket sales with the american remake , clash of the titans .

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the film is said to be like an updated and improved version of " go lala go ! "

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go lala go ! <EOT> there are no featured reviews for go lala go ! ( du lala sheng zhi ji ) at this time .

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the fox unit has teamed up with local production firm new classics media for the romantic drama film " go lala go 2 . "

go lala go 2 , a sequel to xu jingle’s 2010 go lala go , is a romantic drama based on a chinese novel that follows a career - focused woman who must choose between her boyfriend who she has been dating for several years and a new romantic flame .

the sequel of the " go lala go " series welcomes an all - new cast . ( photo : www . koalasplayground . com )

according to pledis entertainment on june 1st , nana is a confirmed cast member for upcoming film go lala go 2 , the sequel to the hit romantic comedy film , go lala go . she will be acting one of the lead roles in the film , alongside famous taiwanese celebrities ariel lin and vic zhou .

the chinese film go lala go ! ( 2010 ) reveals the formation of a new “chinese dream " , a fantasy of economic success heavily patterned on the american dream . like the us film working girl ( 1988 ) , go lala go ! ’s narrative structure is based on the rags - to - riches cinderella narrative of financial mobility and romantic love . using working girl as a lens , this essay analyzes go lala go ! ’s representation of chinese personal fulfillment and success , as well as the potential for female empowerment during this process .

the film will be about the life of the modern cinderalla named go lala and her fun adventures whilst working an office .

asia’s pay tv group fox international channels ( fic ) has partnered with china - based film and tv production and distribution outfit new classics media ( ncm ) on upcoming title go lala go 2 .

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i like wang wei performed by vic zhou and i like that vic zhou performed wang wei . go lala go 2 would not have had the same feel to it if the character had been performed by anyone else .

for wang wei , for vic zhou and for the love that is more than a romance , is a feeling , go lala go 2 is a really good movie to watch . love exists . there is hope !

both go lala go ! and working girl feature the basic cinderella narrative . yet there are marked distinctions between the chinese and american processes , and the films differ greatly in their approaches to female conflict , empowerment , and class struggle .

the romantic drama movie is based on a well - known novel that covers the different stages of the life of modern woman du lala and her career adventures . the first film “go lala go , ” directed by xu jinglei , was a big hit in 2010 and a precursor to the current wave of chinese contemporary romance films .

pay - tv group , fox international channels is to invest in and co - produce mainland chinese movie “ go lala go 2 , ” which will get a theatrical release in december . the picture has been developed at chinese production house new classics media .

" go lala go 2 " follows the adventures of a young chinese career woman . the sequel of the 2010 smash hit , directed and starred by xu jinglei , also features an all - star cast including ariel lin , vic zhou and chen bolin .

" go lala go 2 " is set to be released on dec . 4 in china , singapore , north america , new zealand and australia . it will hit hong kong and macau theaters on dec . 10 and taiwan ' s on dec . 11 .

lala starts a new career in a new position after company restructures . she encounters a handsome and successful client , chen feng , who proposed to lala , and broke up with wang wei . lala is in a dilemma between love and career .

although none of these come across as believable – not least the part where lala misrepresents herself as the company vp for weeks on end – go lala go ii is still a fairly serviceable watch for its lead actress’ endearing turn . in a role that calls for ridicule , lin maintains a dignified air that nearly turns the whole shebang into a serene meditation on romantic ideals .

ariel lin as du lala is giving me “in time with you” cheng you qing’s vibes but i have a feeling that lala will be very different from the former as well .

wendy williams takes you through the messiness which is the carmelo anthony and lala vazquez divorce .

it’s a sequel to xu jinglei’s 2010 “go lala go” film with her as the titular character , stanley huang , and karen mok . it was also made into a drama with wang luo dan as lala who coincidentally was in a movie recently with vic zhou , who will be one of the main leads of this sequel . enough talking for here now because i’ll be spamming you with pretty pictures !

add this to the legion of chinese rom - coms which threaten to condemn career - minded women as leftovers . a sequel to actress - director xu jinglei’s go lala go ! ( 2010 ) , which saw the upwardly mobile lala navigate a workplace love triangle , this latest adaptation of author li ke’s bestselling series goes through the same motions with a new writer - director , andrew chien , and an all - new cast .

joon lee , the chief of fic ' s original production in mainland china , said : " we are particularly grateful to work with ncm to both co - produce and distribute ' go lala go 2 . ' this collaboration is definitely a good foundation for both parties to engage a step further in the chinese movie business . "

go lala go ! begins with scenes of job hunting . when asked why she left her previous job , du lala answers that she is searching for her dream job . the image , however , cuts to her previous boss attempting to play footsie with her during a business meeting . like tess , lala is forced to find a job in order to avoid sexual harassment . lala successfully enters a global fortune 500 company called db , where over the course of six years she works her way up to hr manager for the company . in the process , she also falls in love with the sales director , wang wei , but breaks up with him partially out of jealousy ( wang had a previous relationship with rose , lala’s boss ) and partially to focus on her career . at the end of the film , lala visits thailand , where she is reunited with wang wei .

pay - tv group , fox international channels is to invest in and co - produce mainland chinese movie “go lala go 2 , ” which will get a theatrical release in december . the picture has been developed at chinese production house new classics media . the romantic drama movie is based on a well - known novel that covers the different stages of the [ … ]

go lala go ! disregards issues of class and gender , rejects quick promotions and questions fairytale endings . in fact , there is so little conflict or romantic escapism in the film , that it is not terribly compelling . the film is directed by chinese star xu jinglei , who also plays the lead character . unlike nichols , xu chooses to limit the female conflict in the film and play down the rivalry between lala and rose . wang wei and rose break up amicably long before lala and wang wei begin a relationship . when there are issues at work , rose tends to call in sick or resign , thereby removing herself from competition . rose is gruff and intense with lala , but she behaves similarly with both her male bosses and with wang wei . rose , receiving the promotion she fought for , says , “i used to care so much about promotions . i thought only promotions could prove my value . the title’s different . so what . i’m not happy at all . ” interestingly , the lack of rivalry means that go lala go ! has little dramatic tension . however , xu appears to be making a subtle commentary on the meaning of success . rose , as the “katherine parker” hard - nosed businesswoman has , after reaching the pinnacle of success , discovered that it is not fulfilling . thus go lala go ! , while lacking the entertainment value of sensationalistic cinderella tales like working girl , shows pragmatic and adult skepticism about the american / chinese dream .

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however , newer chinese narratives like go lala go ! have taken the foundational ideology of the american dream ( upward mobility , materialism , universal accessibility ) and adapted them to chinese society . from the popularity of du lala among audiences , it would seem the reworked american dream is now widely yearned for and accepted . indeed , with china’s burgeoning economy and vastly expanding middle class , the atmosphere of opportunity and potential in many ways mirrors the confidence of the american 1980s . many chinese television series now depict scenes of upward mobility and financial success , such as the television version of du lala and the shanghai tv show , dwelling narrowness ( 2009 ) .

go lala go ! is an adaptation of du lala’s promotion , an immensely popular series of novels written by female writer li ke , a former employee of ibm . the first novel quickly sold over half a million copies and inspired various sequels and media adaptations . the book and films relate the meteoric rise of du lala , a hard - working young woman who manages to ascend from secretary to hr manager in the narrative’s fictional fortune 500 company , db . like working girl , du lala’s promotion largely ignores issues of gender . however , the story also rejects class struggle , strictly focusing on issues of globalization , the attainment of wealth , and the question of balancing both career and romance . also unlike working girl , the film slightly questions the value and meaning of job success .

based on what i’ve been reading regarding this film , “go lala go 2” centers on du lala ( ariel lin ) , a career woman in her 30’s who is set on finding love and getting married to the perfect man . we have heard of this kind of plot so many times already especially that greater china actually calls unmarried career women in their 30’s as left - over women . such a harsh and anti - feminist term if you ask me but that’s how it is in their culture so i won’t dwell on that anymore .

“go lala go 2” will be released in china , singapore , north america , australia and new zealand on dec . 4 , hong kong and macau on dec . 10 , and taiwan on december 11 this year . it will later be exclusively screened on fic’s chinese movies channel , scm ( star chinese movies ) linear , vod and online catch - up service ( scm play ) in asia pacific , as well as north america .

moreover , go lala go ! takes a different approach to romantic love . whereas working girl posits that love and business can be compartmentalized and attained concurrently , lala has to give up wang wei to keep her career . after their one - night - stand in thailand , she ends the relationship because of the company’s policy of no dating . she tells her brother and confidante , “i would rather focus on my career . ” however , chemistry beckons and lala and wang wei begin a secret office romance . the film makes it clear that they are still immaculate professionals at work . but when lala is informed of wang wei’s impending termination , she chooses to protect company information and does not notify him before the official termination date . that , added to her misguided jealousy of rose , leads to their break up . although the film ends with lala finding wang wei in thailand , it does not resolve the question of whether she can find a balance between work and love .

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beijing—chinese audiences generally don’t go wild for movie musicals , tending to be put off by scenes in which actors burst into song and dance for no apparent reason .

“this collaboration is definitely a good foundation for both parties to engage a step further in the chinese movie business , ” said joon lee , evp of north asia and head of original production mainland china at fic . “we believe that ‘go lala go 2’ will help build a more consistent and closer partnership between fic and ncm , and lead the charge in pushing forward this wave of chinese content to reach more audiences , ” said cao huayi , chairman of ncm .

xu jinglei ' s fourth self - directed movie go lala go ! will be released on april 15 , a day before her birthday . but the talented director / actress doesn ' t get a break . not only is she busy promoting for the film , plans for a sequel are being finalized as well . it surely sounds like the production team is getting ahead of themselves but the quality of the trailer suggest that they might have a good reason to .

lala’s salary and material possessions also mark her upward progress . the film is organized into chapters by du lala’s promotions . each time she receives a promotion , we see lala removing her shoes at the entrance of the company . first , she changes from sneakers to flats . the screen flashes to a text animation , revealing her position and salary - - she begins as a secretary earning a few thousand rmb per month . then , she switches to heels , the text on the screen revealing both a higher position and - - more importantly - - a higher salary . it is important to note that , like tess , lala’s physical transformation also demonstrates her upward progression . however , lala’s clothing marks material status , not class status . brands and shiny jewelry are presented as indicative of earnings - - the more lala earns , the more she can buy . and not only is lala exchanging cheaper clothes for increasingly expensive clothes , but like her position in db , her heels also grow higher and higher .

other than the names of the two protagonists and the name of the company , the sequel 杜拉拉追婚記 ( go lala go 2 ) ( blu - ray release 2016 - 3 - 3 ) has absolutely no continuity from the previous movie . the entire cast is replaced and their personalities are different , the company no longer looks like a traditional office building as before . the new cast is far more good looking , so i cannot say having no continuity is completely bad here .

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xu jinglei announced the major plots and actors of her upcoming film qin mi di ren ( intimate enemies ) at a press conference in beijing on march 28 , 2011 . intimate enemies is xu ' s fifth directorial work , and she will also take on the leading role . set in the finance world , xu jinglei will costar with actor - singer stanley huang again after their successful cooperation in last year ' s go lala go ! . xu had huang in mind as she was thinking of possible male leads for intimate enemies , as she enjoyed acting alongside him and credited the box office success to his involvement and their collaboration . an updated version of go lala go ! , intimate enemies will be more dramatic and complicated , promises xu , who is also in charge on the film ' s story , she invited several high - ranking bank managers to help her develop the script . the film will begin production on april 27 in hong kong and is aiming for a new year release .

there hasn’t a single misstep so far with rom - com c - movie go lala go 2 , a movie sequel that totally eclipses the hype of the original thanks to the addition of three of taiwan’s top acting talent . ariel lin takes over the role of office girl lala , with vic zhou as her stalwart photographer boyfriend and bolin chen as the sexy dangerous new guy in town . the set up is basically my catnip – it finally pairs ariel and zai zai as an onscreen couple fourteen years after she starred in his mv back in 2001 , and it refreshes ariel and bolin’s pairing by turning the character tables and letting him be the aggressive one .

martyn ' s voids is reflective of an artist who has survived a life - changing trauma and , in doing so , visited the very darkest places a mind can go .

he gets the johns , who are usually stigmatized , to unload on camera . " many people go to brothels - - and they ' re not the kind that rape young girls or are horrible people . the only huge injustice is it doesn ' t work both ways , [ except ] in thailand . young men in the subcontinent want to brag , be manly . . . either they do some gay stuff or go to brothels . as a young man in bangladesh you can go nowhere , the house is full of family ; the park is full of policeman . you can only have sex when you ' re married . they go in and the conquest costs 50 takas . [ u . s . 60 cents ]

go lala go 2 has that driven almost obsessed eagerness to be professionally successful at a high profile or high end job , believed to bring satisfaction but that type of satisfaction is like coffee , addictive at first , creating a vibe of can do it all , want to do it all , achieve it all , need it all but ultimately comes the realization that triumph like coffee can be bittersweet in the long run and that love well . . . love is love and what is life without love ? an ocean of emptiness .

indeed , xu peiqing , in her article on du lala , argues that the narrative makes its characters “prisoners of development . ” ( xu , peiqing . “technical age and bureaucratic society - - to experience modern life from du lala ' s promotion . ” journal of ningbo radio and tv university ( 2010 ) . as lala rises higher and higher in db , perhaps she will eventually echo rose’s disillusionment with the chinese / american dream : “the title’s different . so what . i’m not happy at all . "

working girl and go lala go ! display similar narrative and structural elements - - the spunky upwardly mobile female “working girl , ” the non - threatening male co - worker / romantic interest , the hostile female boss . they are also both similarly disinterested by the questions and complications of female empowerment . however , the two films have disparate views in terms of the meaning of success . whereas working girl portrays class struggle , it does not question the underlying issue of the american dream - - i . e . , are there limitations and problems within the dream itself ? the chinese dream portrayed in lala ! , while disproportionately shallow and materialistic , suggests that the chinese dream is not as unrelentingly optimistic . there are confines to upward mobility .

in a twist that should delight this chick flick’s target audiences , lala soon finds new sparks in her professional and private lives : after she’s given a precious chance to impress in her supervisor’s sudden enforced absence , lala is also seriously courted by the wealthy bachelor ( chen bo - lin ) who’s negotiating to join her company as a major business partner .

杜拉拉升職記 ( go lala go ! ) ( blu - ray release 2011 - 5 - 26 ) is adapted from a popular chinese novel after being adapted for a tv series . the first half of the movie focuses on a woman moving up in her career , then it shifts to romance . at the beginning of the movie it states that if the company finds out two staff having a romantic relationship , one of them needs to be fired as per company policy . the protagonist happens to take a career path in human resources , and she falls for her boss . guess what happens .

perhaps this could be because success in go lala go ! is measured strictly by material possessions . helen wang , in a recent forbes blog entry , notes , “ [ this ] is the picture in most chinese people’s minds of “the american dream” - - owning a big house , driving a nice car , and having a comfortable life . the chinese middle class wants it all” ( wang , helen . “what is the chinese dream ? ” forbes 10 dec 2010 . 24 march 2011 ) . indeed , money plays a central role in denoting success in lala ! . on her first day of work , the head secretary tells lala , “by the way , this company has really different personnel levels . people below manager are small potatoes . that means they’re poor , making less than 4 , 000 . the managers are middle class ; they have their own cars , and an annual salary of over 200 , 000 . directors are upper class . their annual salaries are over 500 , 000 . the older ones take their vacations abroad…the ceo makes more than a million a year . typical upper crust . ”

a boss of a toy corporation , chenggong li , tries to head back to chan sar to celebrate the chinese new year with his family . however , plans don ' t go as smoothly after he crosses paths with a stranger , geng niu .

in many ways , the “american dream” is also an adaptation of the cinderella story . both go lala go ! and working girl feature the basic cinderella narrative . there is a lower class cinderella / plucky “working girl” ( du lala / tess mcgill ) , a prince charming / male love interest / male boss ( wang wei / jack turner ) , and an evil step - sister / sinister female boss / romantic rival ( rose / katherine parker ) . the evil female character is rejected by prince charming , who helps raise the “working girl” from obscure poverty to a life of unimaginable riches . however , as opposed to cinderella’s passivity and reliance on sheer luck , the american dream demands a puritan work ethic and dogged tenacity . in both films the female protagonists must persevere to achieve both job and personal happiness . yet there are distinctions between the chinese and american processes - - the films differ greatly in their approaches to female conflict , female empowerment , and class struggle .

they even go way back as ariel lin was zai zai’s leading lady in his “make a wish” music video . this honestly surprised me because i remember always watching and singing to this song when i was a kid but i never realized that it was ariel until recently .

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ultimately , the chinese dream may be more complicated because it is tied to the process of globalization . globalization - - literally “walk to meet the world” in chinese - - is a marker of both success and of widening economic gaps in chinese society . lala ! is a text of globalization . db is a foreign company . wang wei speaks fluent american - accented english ; rose speaks fluent british - accented english and peppers her chinese with english phrases . even lala’s bosses , two english - speaking caucasian foreigners , speak excellent mandarin chinese . meanwhile , beijinger du lala clearly speaks some english , but it is limited enough for her to be the “everyman” in whom chinese society can see itself reflected , a nation “walking to meet the world . ” thus du lala’s tale is not just a story of individual success , but also that of china’s global success . however , since the 1970’s , globalization has made many of china’s rich richer and many of the poor poorer - - the harsh urban / rural divide is the country’s main social concern today . thus the less optimistic chinese dream may be questioning the “success for all” tenant of the american dream .

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bolin chen’s chen feng is a ceo of a big company who’s in love with ariel’s lala ( can i be her please ? ! ) . he’s willing to woo her away from zai zai’s wang wei despite their serious relationship . such a far cry from his li da ren aka probably one of the most perfect drama characters ever created !

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one sunny afternoon , we sat at a midtown park chatting about asian prostitutes , and i recalled the hostile reception i got once when trying to shoot inside sonagachi , kolkata ' s whorehouses where they were naturally more welcoming of men . " no , women couldn ' t go there . it ' s the opposite of the world outside . complete female rule , " stated glawogger who is austrian , and shoots with an all - male crew .

now the human resources manager of a multinational enterprise , lala ( played by ariel lin yi - chen ) sees her promotion prospects dwindle dramatically after a no - nonsense president ( vivian wu junmei ) takes over . to compound her misery , the 33 - year - old’s longtime boyfriend ( vic chou yu - min ) appears way too preoccupied with his fledgling career as a photographer to consider tying the knot .

so do i recommend it ? if you ' re a big ariel lin , vic chou , and chen bo lin fan like me , then yes go for it ! i mean , when will we ever get to see the three of them together in a drama / movie again ? re - watch ? i ' m good , thanks . overall , it was worth watching one time just to see the three of them together . ( 7 / 8 )

i suggest that in every human culture , prostitution is the oldest alternative and by - product of mainstream monogamous culture . " i think it makes men utterly happy when they can just choose , and say no . 33 - - now ! and the second aspect is they can go away afterwards , " says glawogger frankly . " we are a pseudo - monogamous culture , enjoying the pretense of being monogamous and doing the opposite . the brothel is nothing more than a playground for easy access . "

if there’s anyone who bloomed so much ever since his debut days , it would be vic zhou or zai zai as fondly called by his own country’s people . he’s my first ever asian love so this man will always have a special place in my heart . oops this isn’t even related to the movie haha ! i’m not quite sure about the details of his character yet except that he’s lala’s love interest ( and has always been since the first movie ) .

bolin chen is an eye candy rather than a strong performer but when the other main male lead is vic zhou , is vic zhou who steals the show and brings an ordinary story to life . wang wei loves a woman , loves her madly . he supports her , he defends her , he longs for her . all those emotions are there in his eyes to see , in his actions to interpret , in his love for lala , a woman who waivers but never truly forgets , a couple that loves and hopes for love .

in la la land the " city of angels " is reimagined through the glorious sheen of the late 40s / early 50s hollywood musical . for examples , watch an american in paris , singin ' in the rain , or the band wagon to see what i mean . what makes chazelle ' s 3rd feature so incredible is how brilliantly he understand how to reference history . he skillfully recontextualizes the vernacular of the american musical for the modern age . the exquisite score by justin hurwitz , elaborate production design by david wasco , those costumes by mary zophres , the technicolor , the romance - la la land ' s aesthetic borrows from history but the time period and the characters are rooted firmly in contemporary society . 2016 is all here : cell phones , hybrid vehicles , the part - time job as a barista . chazelle makes our present era seem so much more magical . there is an exuberant quality i haven ' t seen recently . mia and sebastian radiate sweetness too . this uncorrupted pair shares a purity . you want them to be together . their emotion is real . you fall in love . this why we go to the cinema . if i may paraphrase a famous expression once said by humphrey bogart , la la land is the stuff that [ movies ] are made of . it is sublime . urltoken

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the sequel directed by andrew chien sees du , now in her 30s , finally receive a marriage proposal from her long time suitor , though by then she is already dating another man . meanwhile du’s assistant is busily chasing du’s suitor . the film satrs ariel lin , vic zhou and chen bolin .

the investment move is fic’s first feature movie collaboration with china ’s new classics media , having previously worked together on tv series “tiger mom” but bith companies said they were loking to do more together .

ncm has produced hits this year including “ jian bing man ” and “goodbye mr . loser , ” with gross box office of over $ 400 million in china .

fic has produced more than 70 hours of chinese original scripted content , including films such as “ah boys to men 3 , ” “sara , ” “full strike , ” and “1965 , ” and is also developing several mini - series across asia .

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first , what is the so - called “american dream ? ” jennifer hochschild calls it “a new world where anything can happen and good things might” ( hochschild , jennifer l . facing up to the american dream : race , class , and the soul of the nation . princeton : princeton university press , 1995 ) . in a capitalist society , the process of achieving success in a world of limitless opportunities is equated with economic and professional mobility . in fisher’s 1973 article , he states that the american dream is based on materialistic success and the democratic availability of said success - - the dream should be accessible to all , and it must be achieved through hard work and self - reliance ( fisher , walter r . “reaffirmation and subversion of the american dream . ” quarterly journal of speech 59 . 2 ( 1973 ) : 161 ) . thus , the “american dream” ties together the themes of boundless opportunities ; of universal availability ; of hard work ; and , most importantly , of upward mobility .

mike nichols’ working girl ( 1988 ) articulates the american dream fantasy as a spunky secretary uses her wits to fight an unfair class system and ascend from secretary to boss . tess mcgill , a working - class administrative assistant , deals with constant sexual harassment from condescending male workers who disparage her gender and class background . tess , however , tenaciously attempts to educate herself and powerfully responds to harassment . she takes evening classes in business and elocution , reads voraciously , and publicly embarrasses chauvinist male co - workers . after quitting her job due to harassment , she manages to find a position at an excellent company with a seemingly benevolent female boss , katherine , who then summarily destroys tess’ trust by belittling her and then later stealing tess’ business ideas . when katherine breaks her leg in a ski accident , tess pretends to be an executive and teams up with jack , another executive , to implement her idea . katherine exposes her masquerade , but both jack and the ceo of the company , trask , are so impressed by tess’ business acumen that she is rewarded and katherine is fired . both tess’ business and romantic relationships are successful , and she successfully escapes the class system that presents the main conflict in working girl .

the film begins with tess mcgill arriving in manhattan on a ferry , the gospel - inspired theme song “let the river run” blasting . ( this song went on to win an oscar for its writer / singer , carly simon ) the lyrics beckon for “the new jerusalem , ” telling us that it is “for the taking” and that the sky is “the color of blue you’ve never even seen in the eye of your lover " . here , with the opening song , the film clearly lays out tess’ priorities : she must actively pursue success , and romantic love is secondary to her almost religious devotion to the attainment of success ( “the new jerusalem” ) .

however , the film’s message of female empowerment is undermined by several factors . first , there is no female solidarity in working girl . tess’ number one obstacle is her two - faced female boss , katherine , who steals tess’ idea and constantly ridicules tess’ style choices and class background . additionally , mike nichols , the male director , frequently objectifies tess / the actress melanie griffith . for no explicable reason in terms of narrative , tess / griffith appears in underwear in many scenes - - rushing to clean katherine’s home towards the end of the film , tess vacuums topless , in heels . even the title of the film - - “ working girl ” - - brings to mind a prostitute , undermining the powerful message of tess’ strategic rise by sexualizing and debasing her . the film also makes tess’ success contingent on her physical appearance . tess cuts her hair , borrows katherine’s clothes , and tells her friend , “if you want to be taken seriously , you need serious hair . ” finally , as emmett winn notes in his article on working girl , jack and the male ceo of trask enterprises must validate tess’ final success - - thus patriarchal paternal support further undercuts the film’s tenuous message of female empowerment ( winn , emmett . “moralizing upward mobility : investigating the myth of class mobility in working girl . ” southern communication journal 66 . 1 ( 2000 ) : 40 - 51 ) .

certainly , female empowerment is not the focus of working girl - - it is class . tess takes diction lessons to hide her working class accent and borrows katherine’s expensive clothes to fit in at business parties . her physical makeover , from over - teased hair and trendy make - up to expensive wall street suits and subdued haircuts , is necessary for her corporate success . as winn notes , she needs the “pedigree " . in addition , the film compares tess and her working - class friend cynthia to further establish the differences between the classes . tess has a clear elocution - trained accent ; her best friend speaks loudly and nasally . tess adapts to the subtle and conservative styles of the upper crust ; cynthia wears flamboyant and trendy clothing . most damning , tess dreams of “more " , cynthia attempts to persuade tess to settle for “less” ( i . e . , tess’ cheating boyfriend and a life as a beleaguered secretary ) . thus , through cynthia’s narrow hopes and dreams , the film establishes the limitations of the lower classes .

hence , working girl reveals a few intriguing views on the american dream . first , the ends justify the means . although tess combats social and gender prejudices through deception , she is rewarded for “thinking outside the box " . secondly , class is a more important obstacle than gender in this process - - or at the very least , gender is largely sidelined in the film . tess spends more time battling her class background and katherine than dealing with chauvinist male co - workers . thus , the us version of the american dream narrative emphasizes ruthless business practices and class struggle .

in the early ' 90s , china criticized the limitations of the american dream . the successful novel / tv series a beijinger in new york ( 1991 ) portrayed the american dream as inaccessible and morally contaminating , as the wangs , an immigrant family from beijing , lose themselves both financially and ethically . the wangs move to new york in the hopes of upward mobility , but instead work for sweat shops , clean dishes in chinese restaurants , get divorced , sleep with prostitutes , and lose their daughter to drugs and an unsavory motorcycle - riding american boyfriend . geremie barmé says , “to an extent , the series was a reprisal of the boxer mentality , but one bereft of any belief system . it also represented , perhaps , the coming of age of chinese narcissism and bespoke a desire for revenge for all the real and perceived slights of the past century” ( barmé , geremie . in the red : on contemporary chinese culture . new york : columbia university press ( 1999 ) : 255 ) . however one looks at it , beijinger revealed chinese distrust of the american dream .

kasser and ryan question the american dream , arguing that such materialism does not help individuals reach true self - actualization , and in fact has many negative repercussions . ( kasser , tim and ryan , richard m . “a dark side of the american dream : correlates of financial success as a central life aspiration . ” journal of personality and social psychology 65 . 2 ( 1995 ) : 410 - 422 ) . it may seem that the chinese , with a century of brutal history and a complex politico - economic system besieged by the negative effects of globalization , are somewhat conflicted .

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a romantic comedy surrounding the leading lady as she tries to balance love and work .

would you choose love or your career ? the cinderella story or who you really want / who actually knows you ? that ' s basically what this movie revolves around - a woman in her 30 ' s currently rising up in her career , the problems surrounding it , losing herself on the way , and finally finding herself in the end .

i must say - i had high expectations for this movie since it included three of my favorite taiwanese actors , and two were the leads of one of my favorite dramas , in time with you . while watching this movie , i kept thinking of other dramas / movie scenes that were just so similar to the scenes in this movie . similarity isn ' t always a bad thing , as long as it is well executed - which in this case , wasn ' t . i was severely disappointed because i really wanted to love this movie . the story was lacking , with choppy execution and just didn ' t flow . it ' s basically a modern twist on cinderella , but has nothing new . i must say that there were some cute otp scenes between the leads definitely worth watching , which were the pros of this movie .

the character development was mediocre . there was no substance to chen bo lin ' s character , a huge let down for me . ariel ' s character had the most character growth from being insecure to a confident woman , the transformation was fun to see but nothing new . vic ' s character was endearing but again , not much development either . the supporting characters just sprung out of nowhere , and felt disjointed as well . the acting itself was superb . ariel lin always does a fantastic job in portraying her emotions , along with vic and chen bo lin . nana was both cute and annoying , which was the point of her role so she was pretty good too . on a superficial note , ariel looked gorgeous in this movie . the main problem with this movie was the story . so much star power in this movie , and yet it still couldn ' t shine .

rather than dab on the tone of the movie whose premise nowadays is far too cliché to be continuously addressed , i want to reflect upon love as love is the silver lining of the movie . not love towards career ambitions but love between a man and a woman as that is the love that has most romantics drawling in anticipation .

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staff was courteous and friendly and facilities were great but service wasn ' t what i expected and . . .

staff was courteous and friendly and facilities were great but service wasn ' t what i expected and not good value for the price . therapist didn ' t seem professionally trained and i wasn ' t able to use the facilities to prepare before or after the session . bit dissapointed .