Follows the story of a television host who's hidden so much personal and secret information on his phone, that when it gets out, catastrophe strikes.
Acting
Ge You's deadpan panic is a masterclass in comedic suffering.
Direction
Feng Xiaogang turns a Nokia into a ticking time bomb.
Director
Feng Xiaogang
Ge You
Yan Shouyi
Xu Fan
Shen Xue
Zhang Guoli
Fei Muo
Fan Bingbing
Wu Yue
Zhang Lu
Yu Wenjuan
Yang Xin
Lu Guihua / Niu Caiyun
Huang Suying
Yan's Grandmother
Zhao Kuie
Li Yan
Fan Wei
Brother Brick
Yong Mei
Xiao Su
Zhang Hanyu
Da Duan (TV Station Director)
Han Tongsheng
Yu Wenjuan's Brother
Li Lianyi
Old Niu (Telephone Operator)
Peng Xinyi
Female Student
Ye Jing
Male Student
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released when mobile phones were exploding in urban China, this became Feng Xiaogang's highest-grossing film and sparked national conversations about digital privacy years before smartphones existed.
Ge You reportedly improvised several of Yan's phone-panic moments; his physical comedy during the restaurant bathroom scene required 12 takes because the crew kept laughing.
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