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Wendi
- Amy Wang
- Available
- No Agent
- Drama
- 2018
- Hit List
- Black List
- 77.1
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Market: Tue, 13 Nov 2018
ManagerCassie Duffy (Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment) , Lindsay Perraud
(Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment) ,
ManagerCassie Duffy (Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment) , Lindsay Perraud
(Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment) ,
When an ambitious girl from the slums of China manipulates her way into marriage with a media tycoon, she becomes one of the most powerful women in the Western world. This is the story of Wendi Deng, second wife of Rupert Murdoch.
Based on the life of Wendi Murdoch, of how a poor but intelligent girl from China rose to success in the United States.
When Wendi Deng gets the chance to escape from her hometown in China to chase her American dream, she works her way to the top, using intelligence and manipulation.
A young, brilliant but poor Chinese girl, obsessed with Western culture, longs to get to the United States to build a life for herself. Once an opportunity comes her way to travel there with an American businessman, she crosses the Pacific and works her way to the top through marriage and determination.
Film
Female Protagonist, Biopic, Drama, Work Related, Foreign Locale, Divorce, Fame, Father/Daughter, Husband/Wife, Marriage, Media, Siblings, True Story, Workplace
127
PG-13
High
F
Asian / Pacific Islander
44
Attractive
Wolf of Wall Street, Joy, Molly's Game, Succession
1973-2012. 39 years
Multiple locations in Xuxhou, China (elementary school, university, fancy Cherry apartment, Wen Ge's small apartment, the family's small house, a larger house for the house party, talk show studio, restaurant), multiple locations in the United States (Cal Tech, houses in LA and NYC, mansions in LA, pool parties)
WENDI (Asian, 44) practices a speech in front of the mirror. She yells at her assistant to get her some water, and she is obviously nervous. She begins to recite her speech, revealing that her announcement surrounds her divorce from Rupert Murdoch.
Flashback to Xuxhou, China, 1973. Wen Ge (5) eats dinner with her siblings MEI (sister, 7), LI HAU (sister, 12), FU (brother, 4), and her parents DEHUI (father, 38) and XUE QIN (mother, 35). After dinner, the children split up into teams, with Wen Ge and Mei working together to wash the dishes and Li Hua and Fu mopping. Wen Ge and Mei quickly wash the dishes, and announce when they are done, winning a prize from their father for finishing faster. He gives them an American appliances catalogue. That night in their room, Mei and Wen Ge add the catalogue to their tin box that is filled with American memorabilia. In the catalogue, they admire a refrigerator. Mei tells Wen Ge she will have to marry an American man if they ever want a fridge.
Five years later, Wen Ge and Mei are in the same class at school. Wen Ge eagerly wants to answer all of the teacher’s questions. The teacher praises her...
Flashback to Xuxhou, China, 1973. Wen Ge (5) eats dinner with her siblings MEI (sister, 7), LI HAU (sister, 12), FU (brother, 4), and her parents DEHUI (father, 38) and XUE QIN (mother, 35). After dinner, the children split up into teams, with Wen Ge and Mei working together to wash the dishes and Li Hua and Fu mopping. Wen Ge and Mei quickly wash the dishes, and announce when they are done, winning a prize from their father for finishing faster. He gives them an American appliances catalogue. That night in their room, Mei and Wen Ge add the catalogue to their tin box that is filled with American memorabilia. In the catalogue, they admire a refrigerator. Mei tells Wen Ge she will have to marry an American man if they ever want a fridge.
Five years later, Wen Ge and Mei are in the same class at school. Wen Ge eagerly wants to answer all of the teacher’s questions. The teacher praises her...