INTERESTING TIMES - THIS HAPPY LIFE

Mr. Fu is head of passenger affairs at Zhengzhou, one of China’s busiest stations. His working life is chaotic and his private life traumatic

His first wife died as a result of a compulsory abortion, enforced by China’s one child policy, leaving Mr. Fu with to bring up their eighteen month old baby son.

His second marriage is an unhappy one and during the filming his son, now 14 years old, decides to leave him and join the army.

This intimate portrait of Mr. Fu and his colleagues is by turns hilarious, tragic and a deeply moving film.

Release year:

2002

Director:

Jiang Yue

Co production:

BBC, ARTE, NRK, SVT, YLE & TV2 Danmark

Running length:

59 minutes

Production company:

Decameron Films

 

Categories:

• People & Culture