Keep Cool (1997)

China, the 1990s. A young bookseller is in love with a woman. The woman is now with another guy, a rich man. The rich man sends his people to beat the bookseller. In the fight, the laptop computer from a man looking at the scene gets broken. Who will pay for the computer? The bookseller wants revenge. Will it be useful? The bookseller and the laptop owner are from different ages and classes. They are two different points of view, two different Chinas. How will they fight for justice?

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Top billed cast

Jiang WenZhao Xiaoshuai
Li BaotianLao Zhang
Qu YingAn Hong
Liu XinyiLiu Delong
Zhang YimouPoet Reader
Zhao BenshanJunk Peddler
Du XudongXiao Ge
Fang QingzhuoBig Sister
Liang GuanhuaRestaurant Manager
Li QiFat Cook

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