Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
Happy Times
The China Institute in America celebrates the work of internationally acclaimed “fifth generation” Chinese filmmaker, Zhang Yimou, with free screenings of four of his dramatic works. All films are in Chinese with English subtitles. Seating is limited, pre-registration required
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ZHANG Yimou, 2000
In the hopes of having a wife, a middle-aged laid-off factory worker, decides to marry a pushy divorcée and agrees to pay for an expensive wedding. To the funds for the wedding, he turns a broken-down bus into a meeting spot for couples, naming it the Happy Times Hotel.
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