Three women, one city, zero chill — '90s Shanghai corporate life hits different.
Acting
Ning Jing's restrained desperation as the 'successful' one.
Production
Cramped office spaces that feel like emotional prisons.
Director
Bao Zhifang
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during China's economic liberalization, it captures the exact moment when 'iron rice bowl' security dissolved into cutthroat corporate culture.
Director Bao Zhifang was one of few women making mainstream dramas in 1990s China; her male gaze critique is subtle but ruthless.
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