Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1960)

Original title

笑笑笑

Directed by

Li Ping-Qian

Genre

comedy

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 43m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A cheerful bank clerk in 1940s Japanese-occupied Tianjin gets fired. He hides his job loss from his wife and daughter by secretly performing comic routines. The story blends comedy with tragedy.

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What happens

《笑笑笑》（英語：Laugh, Clown, Laugh），是香港一部1958年攝製的國語黑白時裝倫理電影，由李萍倩執導，鮑方、石慧、龔秋霞等人主演，被視為李萍倩與鮑方的代表作之一。本片曾在1959年於廣州公映，至1960年才於香港上映。2011年，獲香港電影資料館推選為「百部不可不看的香港電影」之一。 故事以1940年代的日佔時期天津為背景，講述生性樂天、具喜劇表演天賦的銀行小職員沈子鈞突遭辭退，瞞着妻女表演相聲謀生，情節中悲劇與喜劇交集。上映多年後，電影研究者才得知本片是改編自李萍倩在日佔時期上海所執導的電影《笑聲淚痕》（1945年），一些影評人認為本片暗示了他在該時期從事電影工作的心聲。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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