
The Island(2018)
A cataclysmic event causes a man, who dreams of winning the lottery, to become stranded on an island with his co-workers.


During the Republican era, a group of frustrated people from the movie industry is invited in a luxurious mansion to make a movie out of a gruesome case that has recently rattled the city of Shanghai, in the hopes that it would turn into a huge sensation and make them famous. However, they never expected that the murderer would be in their midst and that the truth behind the case would be far more bizarre than their fictional movie plot.

Yin Zheng
Li Jia Hui

Deng Jiajia
Su Meng Die

Yu Entai
Zheng Qian Li

Yang Haoyu
Guan Jing Nian

Chen Minghao
Lu Zi Ye

Zhang Benyu
Qi Le Shan

Ke Da
Chen Xiao Da

Qin Xiaoxian
Hai Zhao Feng

Deng Enxi
Ye Ying

Winston Chao
Be Somebody is a comedy, mystery, drama film released in 2021. Directed by Xunzimo Liu, it stars Yin Zheng, Deng Jiajia, Yu Entai. During the Republican era, a group of frustrated people from the movie industry is invited in a luxurious mansion to make a movie out of a gruesome case that has recently rattled the city of Shanghai, in the hopes that it would turn into a huge sensation and make them famous. However, they never expected that the murderer would be in their midst and that the truth behind the case would be far more bizarre than their fictional movie plot.
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