"I Dreamed a Dream in Chinese" is a non-fiction work written in Chinese by the young Italian writer Alex about his six-year journey in China. In 2016, Alex, a 23-year-old graduate, saw no way out in aging Italy and decided to go to China, a rising hotbed of film production. He came to the Beijing Film Academy to study directing, starred in melon seeds and mobile phone commercials, played the 46th extra in a mainstream war film, recorded movie podcasts in poor Mandarin, worked as a translator for documentaries, and also participated in underground independent film production. In the past six years, Alex learned Chinese from scratch, wrote a diary on Douban, talked with different people in big cities and small towns, and witnessed the vastness of China in every small encounter: in Beijing, he learned how to cut vegetables from the dormitory aunt; when shooting commercials in Guangzhou, he had morning tea before work and drank black tea after filming; in Shanghai, he used the living room as a writing salon to create a temporary home; in rural Sichuan, he used white wine as heating to cross the barriers of winter and dialect. Alex uses calm yet humorous words to record his observations and daily life in China, write about his personal experiences and changes in the times in recent years, and also write about the emotions of the times and real dilemmas faced by young people all over the world: in an era of disorder and loneliness, have the courage to embrace the uncertainty of life, stay mobile, yearn for freedom, cross barriers, and connect with people.
《我用中文做了场梦》是意大利青年作家亚历用中文写下自己六年中国漫游的非虚构文学作品。2016年，23岁的毕业生亚历在衰老的意大利看不到出路，决心投奔冉冉升起的电影制作热土——中国。他来到北京电影学院学导演，出演瓜子和手机广告，在主旋律战争片中当46号群演，用蹩脚的普通话录电影播客，给纪录片当翻译，也参与过地下独立电影制作。六年间，亚历从零开始学中文，在豆瓣上写日记，在大城小镇与不同的人对话，在每一次微小的相遇中见证中国的广阔：在北京，和宿管阿姨学习怎么切菜；在广州拍广告，开工前喝早茶，拍完片喝断片；在上海，把客厅当成写作沙龙，创造一个临时的家；在四川农村，把白jiu当成暖气，跨越寒冬和方言的隔阂。亚历用冷静又不乏幽默的文字，记录自己在中国的观察和日常，书写近年的个体遭遇和时代变化，也写下无论全世界青年人共同面对的时代情绪和现实困境：在失序且孤独的时代，勇于拥抱生活的不确定，保持流动，渴望自由，跨过隔阂，与人连接。
《我用中文做了场梦》是意大利青年作家亚历用中文写下自己六年中国漫游的非虚构文学作品。2016年，23岁的毕业生亚历在衰老的意大利看不到出路，决心投奔冉冉升起的电影制作热土——中国。他来到北京电影学院学导演，出演瓜子和手机广告，在主旋律战争片中当46号群演，用蹩脚的普通话录电影播客，给纪录片当翻译，也参与过地下独立电影制作。六年间，亚历从零开始学中文，在豆瓣上写日记，在大城小镇与不同的人对话，在每一次微小的相遇中见证中国的广阔：在北京，和宿管阿姨学习怎么切菜；在广州拍广告，开工前喝早茶，拍完片喝断片；在上海，把客厅当成写作沙龙，创造一个临时的家；在四川农村，把白jiu当成暖气，跨越寒冬和方言的隔阂。亚历用冷静又不乏幽默的文字，记录自己在中国的观察和日常，书写近年的个体遭遇和时代变化，也写下无论全世界青年人共同面对的时代情绪和现实困境：在失序且孤独的时代，勇于拥抱生活的不确定，保持流动，渴望自由，跨过隔阂，与人连接。
