Summary:
Liu Xing is a scholarship boy from China, newly arrived in Salt Lake City, a graduate student in cosmology, in Utah to study in Professor Reiser's prestigious program. Back in China, Liu Xing's parents are proud of him, and he dedicates himself to fulfilling their hopes. All the graduate students in the program work on projects that extend and further Reiser's model of the origins of the universe. Liu Xing does well until his own theories move him away from Reiser's. Will Reiser and the department recognize Liu Xing's brilliance? Can the young man's benefactor, Joanna Silver, intercede?
| Runtime: | 88 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated R for a scene of violence, brief sexual content and language. |
| Production: | Myriad Pictures |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Country: | USA |
| Languages: | English, Mandarin |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Shi-Zheng Chen | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Billy Shebar | Story |
| Shi-Zheng Chen | Story |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Aidan Quinn | Jacob Reiser |
| Bill Irwin | Hal Silver |
| Blair Brown | Hildy |
| Bo Li | Little Square |
| Boris McGiver | Reverend Hollings |
| Erick Avari | Professor R.K. Gazda |
| He Yu | Old Wu |
| Hui Zhang | Monkey King |
| Jing Shan | Wang Ying |
| Jodi Russell | Claire Reiser |
| Joe Grifasi | Professor Colby |
| Lei Tsao | Zhang Ming |
| Meryl Streep | Joanna Silver |
| Peng Chi | Mama |
| Rob Campbell | Gary Small |
| Taylor Schilling | Jackie |
| Ye Liu | Liu Xing |
| Yonggui Wang | Baba |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Andrea Miller | Producer |
| Janet Yang | Producer |
| Jeff T. Miller | Line Producer |
| Kirk D'Amico | Executive Producer |
| Linda Sophie Chiu | Executive Producer |
| Mary Salter | Producer |
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