Last year, many cinema-goers in would have seen a hit movie called Moon Man. Starring Shen Teng, a famous actor best described as the Chinese equivalent of Hollywood’s , it revolves around Dugu Yue, a lonely maintenance worker stranded in a lunar research facility after an asteroid hits planet Earth.His slapstick exploits lifted the spirits of a locked-down nation, helping Moon Man become the second-highest grossing movie of the year. Taking 3.1 billion Yuan (£380 million) so far, it’s already one of the most successful Chinese-language comedy films of all time.That’s no mean feat given the impact of ’s draconian covid restrictions on box-office takings.
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