Mid-Autumn Chinese Film Festival: UPSTREAM

China | Drama | 2024 | 121 minutes
In Mandarin w/ English Subtitles

Director: Xu Zheng
Starring: Xu Zheng, Xin Zhilei, Wang Xiao, Jia Bing, Feng Bing, Ding Yongdai, Ding Jiali, Chen Halin, Wu Jiakai, Liu Meihan

SYNOPSIS:

After suffering a number of disasters, including losing his job, having his savings wiped out and facing his father's high medical bills, Gao Zhilei (Xu Zheng) takes up a job as a delivery worker, dealing with long days and stomach-turning events. Amongst crazy customers, tight deadlines and competition among app companies, he manages to form strong bonds with his fellow workers. But in his quest for success, he must face a choice: keep the new friendships he's created or move to the next level in his new career by taking advantage of the new business world where he finds himself.

This event is sponsored by the Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Chicago.

Xu Zheng, Producer/Director

Renowned Chinese director, actor, producer, and screenwriter.

The first filmmaker in Chinese-language cinema to direct two films that each grossed over RMB 1 billion, Xu has now amassed more than RMB 23 billion in total box-office revenue from the projects he has directed and starred in.