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
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.
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)
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