The World

On the outskirts of Beijing lies The World Park, a theme park filled with scale replicas of landmarks from around the globe. There, a group of young Chinese migrants navigate life in the big city, carrying with them dreams and aspirations of something more. A landmark of China’s Sixth Generation cinema, The World offers a poignant portrait of a country—and a world—on the cusp of transformation. Within the surreal routines of the park, the mobile phone emerges as a symbol of millennial dreams and of technology’s double-edged role in globalisation: carrying the power both to connect, and to alienate.