Once Upon a Time in the Middle East

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Once Upon a Time in the Middle East (Chinese: 欢迎来龙餐馆; pinyin: Huānyíng lái Lóng Cānguǎn; Arabic: مرحبًا بكم في مطعمِ التنينِ, romanized: Marhaban bikum fi maṭ'am al-tannin, lit. 'Welcome to the Loong Restaurant') is a 2026 Chinese war film written and directed by Wen Muye and starring Shen Teng and Jiang Qiming. It tells the story of Xu Fu, a philanthropic chef at a Chinese restaurant in the fictional city of Bahata in the Middle East. When a war erupts with the United States, he transforms his restaurant into a refuge for a group of orphans trapped in the city, but he is caught in the crossfire. Once Upon a Time in the Middle East was released in China on 11 August, 2026. It quickly gained popularity, crossing CN¥1 billion in just 8 days, opening at number one on the Chinese box office charts. It went on to gross more than CN¥2 billion at the Chinese box office and remained at the top of the Chinese box office charts for over a month. Despite the war depicted in the film being heavily...

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