Made independently but turned legit by Xi'an Film Studio, new director Shi Runjiu's A Beautiful New World is the rarest kind of Chinese film: a satirical comedy about class.

Jinfang is the laziest gold-digger in Shanghai. Her life is turned upside down by the arrival in her apartment of a country cousin who's in town to claim an elusive lottery win. Many shameless lies, cons and rude remarks later, this unlikely pair reach a rapprochement that is very "New China".