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Happy Times

Author: Zhao Benshan, Dong Jie & others. Zhang Yimou, director

Happy Times

Author: Zhao Benshan, Dong Jie & others. Zhang Yimou, director

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Item #: D78072
Format: DVD
Publication Date: 2002
Publisher: Sony Pictures Classics
ISBN: 0000767882997
From acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yimou comes this heartwarming 2002 comedy about Zhao (Zhao Benshan), an aging bachelor who, after being jilted 18 times, agrees to marry an unpleasant, domineering divorcée (Dong Lifan). To raise money for the expensive wedding she insists upon, Zhao converts a derelict bus into a discreet hideaway where couples can rend... More
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From acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yimou comes this heartwarming 2002 comedy about Zhao (Zhao Benshan), an aging bachelor who, after being jilted 18 times, agrees to marry an unpleasant, domineering divorcée (Dong Lifan). To raise money for the expensive wedding she insists upon, Zhao converts a derelict bus into a discreet hideaway where couples can rendezvous. But when Zhao's fiancée insists that he find her blind daughter Wu Ying (Dong Jie) a job at his Happy Times Hotel, the desperate bachelor and abused, unwanted daughter find themselves forming an emotional friendship that is as touching as it is unlikely. In Mandarin with English subtitles.


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