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Poor Daddy

Poor Daddy poster
Directed by
Yang Xiaozhong
Genre
comedy, silent film
Country
Republic of China
Runtime
1h 11m

How it feels

A silent comedy from 1929 about a man who is bullied by his wife. His son eventually steps up to defend him, leading to humorous family chaos.

slapstickplayfullightheartedwhimsicalchaoticdatednostalgicinnocent

What happens

Poor Daddy (xinès simplificat: 怕老婆, 又名兒子英雄: pinyin: Pa laopo, youming Erzi yingxiong ). També titulada en xinès com 怕老婆. Pel·lícula muda xinesa de l'any 1929 d'una durada de 71 minuts, amb intertítols en xinès i anglès. També traduïda a l'anglès com The Hen -Pecked Husband, The Heroic Son i My Son Was a Hero. Comèdia produïda pels estudis Great Wall Film Studio de Shanghai (上海長城畫片公司 ) i dirigida per Yang Xiaozhong. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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