Happy Times

Happy Times (2000)

An hilarious look at life and the pursuit of happiness!

  • Genre: Drama, Comedy
  • Release Date: 2000-12-31
  • User Rating: 7.1/10 from 52 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 42min
  • Language: 普通话
  • Production Company: Guangxi Film Studio
  • Production Country: China
  • Director: Zhang Yimou
star 7.1/10
From 52 Ratings

Summary

Zhao is an old laid-off worker who's dreaming of getting married. After trying unsuccessful proposals, he finally pairs off with a gargantuan divorcée with two children. She, however, demands a lavish wedding and that Zhao finds a job and another place to stay for her blind step-daughter. Pretending he's the General Manager of a non-existent posh hotel "Happy Times", Zhao has to find ways and means of keeping both mother and stepdaughter happy.

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  • Zhao Benshan

    as Zhao
  • Dong Jie

    as Wu Ying
  • Dong Li-Fan

    as Wu Ying's Stepmother
  • Fu Biao

    as Little Fu
  • Li Xuejian

    as Li
  • Qibin Leng

    as Wu Ying's Stepbrother
  • Gong Jinghua

    as Aunty Liu
  • Niu Ben

    as Old Niu
  • Zhang Hongjie

    as Lao Zhang
  • Sun Honglei

    as Customer at Happy Times
Directing Zhang Yimou Director
Writing Mo Yan Novel
Writing Gai Zi Writer
Art Cao Juiping Art Direction
Camera Hou Yong Director of Photography
Production Wang Wei Executive Producer
Production Terrence Malick Executive Producer
Sound San Bao Original Music Composer
Production Zhang Weiping Producer

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