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Family Ties

01/01/2001

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0hr 0min

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Comedy

STORY

Set in modern-day Shanghai, the film follows Lu Min (played by Xiao Bo), a high school student facing the pressure of the college entrance exam. Without a privileged background, his hopes for a better future rest entirely on getting into a top university. His mother, Fangfang (played by Song Dandan), is a thrifty housewife obsessed with winning prizes from TV quiz shows—nearly every appliance in their home comes from her efforts. His father, Dayi (played by Fu Biao), struggles to find stable work after being laid off, failing one re-employment program after another. After briefly landing a job as a bar companion, he ends up in the hospital due to poor alcohol tolerance. Each member of the family is caught in their own test of life, navigating hardship with resilience, like countless ordinary families striving to hold on.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Song Dandan
  • Fu Biao
  • Wang Rugang
  • Bo Xiao
  • Lei Cao

    Director

  • Kiefer Liu

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • China

LANGUAGES

  • Mandarin

Cast

Song Dandan

Fu Biao

Wang Rugang

Bo Xiao

Lei Cao

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