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Happy Times(Movie, 2000)

Original title: "幸福时光" (Chinese (Mandarin)/ZH)
1h 42min | Genres: Drama, Comedy
Happy TimesRating: 3.6/5 (with 2121 votes)
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. ()
Movie poster of Happy Times

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About Happy Times

Zhao is an old laid-off worker who's dreaming of getting married. After trying unsuccessful proposals, he finally pair 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 had to find ways and means of keeping both mother and stepdaughter happy.

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Trailer for Happy Times + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Happy Times Trailer (2000)(Trailer, 1:49)

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Additional Information

Production country: People's Republic of China
Plays in: Liaoning
Original language: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Spoken languages: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Translated into 10 languages: Bulgarian (BG), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 12/31/2000
Director: Zhang Yimou
Producer: Terrence Malick, Zhou Ping
Screenwriter: Mo Yan
Director of Photography: Hou Yong
Composer: San Bao
Budget: 1,900,000 USD
Revenue: 240,093 USD (= 13%)

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Other movies with this title: Happy Times (JP, 1933), Happy Times (HK, 1970), Happy Times (MX, 2014), Happy Times (US/IL/IT, 2019)

WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:259170, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024