Hard times at China’s famous film studios, but a bit-part actor still hopes to hit the big time

It is the weekend, but the main streets of Hengdian – one of 11 small towns in the city of Dongyang, in Zhejiang province – remain eerily quiet and deserted. Stores are closed; shops where studios and entertainment talent agencies used to be stand empty. Most restaurants, except for a few that trade in dog meat, are locked up. Movie posters hanging on lamp posts are a reminder of the town’s glory days, when up to 70 film productions were shooting simultaneously at the Hengdian...

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