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Laughing Times (1980)

Laughing Times poster
Original title
滑稽時代
Directed by
John Woo
Genre
comedy film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedic character modeled after Charlie Chaplin gets into a series of funny adventures. The story follows his antics in a light and entertaining way.

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What happens

Laughing Times (Chinese: 滑稽時代) is a 1980 Hong Kong adventure comedy film written and directed by John Woo. The film stars Dean Shek as the Chinese Charlie Chaplin. This is the first film produced by Cinema City, a film company established by Shek, Karl Maka and Raymond Wong. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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