Happy Times (2000 film)

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.

Happy Times
Directed byZhang Yimou
Written byGui Zi
Based onShort story
by Mo Yan
Produced by
  • Zhou Ping
  • Yang Qinglong
  • Zhang Weiping
  • Zhao Yu
Starring
CinematographyHou Yong
Edited byZhai Rui
Music bySan Bao
Release dates
  • December 31, 2000 (2000-12-31) (China)
  • November 10, 2001 (2001-11-10) (Pusan)
  • February 7, 2002 (2002-02-07) (Berlin)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
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