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I Am Somebody is a chinois film of genre Drama directed by Derek Yee with Daniel Wu
I Am Somebody (2015)
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Add to a movie listI Am Somebody (Chinese: 我是路人甲) is a 2015 drama film written and directed by Derek Yee about extras working at the Hengdian World Studios. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film was released in China on July 3, 2015.
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Au centre de la Chine, dans la province du Zhejiang, se trouve Hengdian, le plus grand studio de cinéma du monde. Peng, fraîchement arrivé depuis la province du Dongbei, rêve de devenir acteur. Ils sont des milliers comme lui à devenir des figurants pour le studio et plusieurs racontent leurs vies, leurs rêves et leurs désillusions.Actors
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