Happy Times (2000)

Original title

幸福时光

Directed by

Zhang Yimou

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

18

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aging bachelor in a small Chinese city agrees to help a blind young woman find work. The film follows his clumsy attempts to keep up a good-hearted lie.

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What happens

Happy Times (simplified Chinese: 幸福时光; traditional Chinese: 幸福時光; pinyin: Xìngfú Shíguāng) is a 2000 tragicomedy film directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou, starring Zhao Benshan and Dong Jie. It is based loosely on the short story, Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh (师傅越来越幽默) by Mo Yan; the story appears in English translation in the collection of the same title translated by Howard Goldblatt. Though the story and the film share a common opening, they begin to diverge almost immediately. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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