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Dream Empire

2016 · 73 min

A wry, quietly sad observational gaze at staged prosperity, watching hollow spectacle and personal disillusionment unfold with detached curiosity.

Directed by: David Borenstein
Genres: Documentary

Overview: Yana's foreigner rental agency helps Chinese real estate developers turn ghost towns into temporary 'globalized booming cities' to lure in potential buyers. But when the real estate market starts to collapse, she is forced to sell her company and reassess everything she ever believed in.

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Directed by: David Borenstein
Genres: Documentary

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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
ambition
identity
greed
work
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	4
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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