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Director Wen Muye discussed how his new film 'Once Upon a Time in the Middle East,' starring Shen Teng as a Shenyang cook who takes a head-chef job in a war-torn Middle East restaurant to pay off family debts, has become a $342 million box office hit in China. Wen, known for 'Dying to Survive,' explained his approach of not consciously foregrounding social issues while making the film.