Co-directed by Shen Ao, Bao Bei’er, Yao Tingting, Lu Zhengyu and Zhang Luan, Our New Life is a comedy featuring the life stories of ordinary Chinese. The film consists of five stories: "Love and Hate on the Square", "Calm Down", "Concert on the Clouds", "Red as Sunsets" and "Always Going Forward". It centers around the day-to-day lives of ordinary Chinese and their bitter-sweet journeys in pursuit of a better life. These five stories show that the social-economic developments of modern China have bought about immense changes in its people’s lives, and helped them develop a sense of achievement, happiness, and security....

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As the New Year approached, an unexpected subsidence occurred at the long-established Luobai Department Store in Haizhou City, trapping 13 people underground. This race against time and life brought about profound tests of humanity, morality, and faith......