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Filial Son And Filial Piety (1993)

Filial Son And Filial Piety poster
Original title
孝子贤孙伺候着
Directed by
Jianfeng Zeng, Chen Peisi
Genre
comedy
Country
People's Republic of China
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An elderly mother worries her son will cremate her after she dies. She pretends to be dead and holds a grand funeral to test his loyalty. This is a comedy about family and tradition in rural China.

comediclight-heartedsatiricalfarceplayfulwrydomesticabsurd

What happens

《孝子贤孙伺候着》(英語:Filial Son And Filial Piety),是1993年中国上映的一部电影,由陈佩斯及曾剑锋聯合執導,陈佩斯、赵丽蓉等主演的喜剧向電影。影片主要讲述陈母害怕死后被儿子火化,并且其同族有人就是做丧葬产业的,于是她为了考验儿子的忠心,于是假装死去,借此來大辦喪事的故事。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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