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Lin Family Shop

1959, Color, 90 mins / in Mandarin with ORIGINAL English subtitles CCE is not responsible for the subtitles of this film

In 1930s, many small businesses had a hard time surviving with the confusion generated by the political uncertainty of the time. Whose law is to be followed, the Japanese occupation forces or the bureaucrat nationalist government? Lin, who owns a family shop, racks his brain to save himself from bankruptcy. He tries everything, even cheats a poor widow out of the meager saving she deposited in his store, but finally loses everything.

Credits

ScreenplayXia Yan
DirectorShui Hua
CinematographerQian Jiang
Art DirectorChi Ning
MusicHe Shide
CastXie Tian as Lin, the storekeeper
Ma Wei as Lin Mingxiu
Li Shan as Aunt Lin
Han Tao as Yu
Yu Lan as Widow Zhang
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 12th Fegladafuz International Film Festival, Portugal 1983
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