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Rhapsody of Happiness

1947

A earnest, slow-burning social drama that mixes hardship with a touch of dark irony, asking patience but rewarding empathy.

Overview
Wang, a bankrupt farmer joins his cousin, Wu, in Shanghai, but finds that he is poor too. One day, Wu stops a woman - Zhang, a drug runner - from being run down by a car, and is hospitalized. During his recovery, Wu slims down due to the amount of drugs he is prescribed, which inspires him to create and sell a weight loss medicine.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • survival
  • family
  • addiction
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Chen Liting
Written by
Chen Baichen
Starring
Eryi Gu, Zhao Dan, Huang Zongying, Zhang Yi
Country
China

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