Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989)

Directed by

Wayne Wang

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man is hired as a chauffeur in Hong Kong and gets involved in a series of bizarre and dangerous situations. The film is a black comedy that follows his misadventures through the city.

chaoticabsurdsatiricalfast-pacedoffbeatquirkyirreverent

What happens

Life Is Cheap...But Toilet Paper Is Expensive is a 1989 black comedy film directed by Wayne Wang. The film stars Cheng Wan Kin and John Chan. It won an award at the 1990 Rotterdam International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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