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- Program Title: Happy Times
- EASC Code: CH-12
- Series Title:
- Region/Country: China
- Language: Mandarin
- Subtitles: Movie & TV Drama
- Subject: Feature
- Program Type: Feature
- Media Type: DVD
- Director: Zhang Yimou
- Producer: Zhang Yimou
- Release Date: 2002
- Running Time: 106 min.
- Color or BW: Color
- Program Abstract: From the director of "Raise the Red Lantern" and "The Road Home", Happy Times is a charming, heartwarming comedy about the complex dynamics of relationships and the hysterical complexities inherent in making them work.
In an attempt to impress a portly divorcee that has caught his eye, an unemployed factory worker poses as the wealthy manager of a non existent hotel. Hoping that his fabricated success will lead to holy matrimony, he instead finds himself the guardian of the woman's blind step-daughter. Now, as the lies get more difficult to sustain, the sweet young blind girl and the crazy middled-age man find themselves forming an emotional friendship that is as touching as it is unlikely. - Data Entry Date: 3/11/2004
