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Liu Haoran
Rong Jinzhen
John Cusack
Isis
Chen Daoming
Zheng Mou
Daniel Wu
Rong Xiaolai
Yu Feihong
Ye Xiaoning 'Ms. Rong'
Ren Luyao
Xiao-mei
Chen Yusi
Rong Biyu
Yutian Wang
Wa Xili
Zhou You
Yan Shi
Zhu Zhu
Ms. Isis
Cao Cuifen
Old Age Rong Biyu
Wu Yanshu
Old Age Xiao-mei
Xu Huanshan
Vasily (Elder)
Wang Baoqiang
A Bing
Xiao Yang
Chess Madman
Pan Yueming
Qian Xuesen
Sha Baoliang
Professor
Ouyang Nana
Intelligence Officer
Jason Koo
Student
Liu Jin
Zhou Enlai
Andy Friend
McDonald
Zhou Yemang
Chief Zeng
Wang Longzheng
Chief Ma
Yuan Jinhui
Rong Jinzhen (Junior)
Choenyi Tsering
Mrs. Chen
Gai Yuexi
Rong Youying
Kevin Lee
Walrus Man
Rovaif Babar
Chen Sicheng
Self
Feng Xueya
Rong Biyu(Junior)
Sean Kohnke
American General
Laptsevich Evelina
American Woman
Di Wu
Student Prankster
Qinuo Li
Student Prankster
Junyi Liang
The Porter
Wang Naixun
Man Shot Down
Han Jiang
Short Guard
Heinz-Dieter Schweinsberg
Auslander
Qiu Xinzhi
General

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Tue Aug 27 2024

There are quite a few similarities with "The Man Who Knew Infinity" (2015) in this film about the prodigious mathematical genius of Rong Jinzhen. By pure fluke, his problem-solving skills are spotted by teacher (Daniel Wu) who adopts the orphaned, rather subdued, boy into his close-knit family and provides him the opportunity to thrive. Over the next couple of hours we watch him (Haoran Liu) develop into an academic then into a man crucial to the efforts of his embryonic country as it struggles to recover from years of internal strife and to compete with the more established regional powers lik...