Happy Times (UK)

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Review of Happy Times
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Rich Goodman

A.k.a. Xingfu shiguang
Certificate: PG
Running Time: 93 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Zhao (Zhao Benshan) is an economically challenged, ageing bachelor who hasn`t had much luck in love so he enlists the help of a matchmaker to find a wife. Thinking he has finally met the woman of his dreams, he leads her to believe he is wealthy and agrees to a wedding far beyond his means. Desperate for funds, he turns to his friends and together they hatch the scheme to raise the money by refurbishing an abandoned bus they will rent out by the hour - the `Happy Times Hotel` - to young couples starved for privacy.

But this plan goes awry when the bus is hauled away to the dump. Believing he is a wealthy hotelier, his fiancée persuades Zhao to hire her blind stepdaughter, Wu Ying (Dong Jie), as a masseuse at his hotel. Creating a tangled and hilarious mess of lies in order to employ her, Zhao must create a fake hotel environment in an abandoned factory, so she believes he has a legitimate job. Finally, he is forced to come clean, which turns out to be both a heartbreaking and hilarious life lesson for all. Happy Times comes from director Zhang Yimou and Terrence Malick (Balands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line) was executive producer.

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