Life In Sanyuan County

A lively, gossipy period melodrama where bickering housewives scheme for small-town dominance, played for warm laughs and gentle satire.

Starring

Kwong Wa, Rebecca Chan Sau-Chu, Liu Kai-chi

Overview

This is a melodrama about three families living in Sanyuan County in the Republic of China. Not satisfied with ruling their won roost, three housewives in the three respective families keep contending for the power to rule a bigger roost - the Sanyuan County! Through the hilarious dramas that happened to them, sycophants are criticized in a humorous and ironic way. To represent the real scene of traditional Cantonese living condition in the period of the Republic of China, the three main stage settings: "Erudition School", "Profound Martial Clud" and "Daintiness Restaurant" are strictly decorated according to historical study.

How it feels

Satirical, light, warm and absurd. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Power, family, class, gender

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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