Chinese
New Year Celebration
Friday, January
23 at 6:30 PM
Celebrate
the Year of the Monkey with crafts, music and
dance and traditional foods from local restaurants.
Followed
at 8:00 PM by:
Happy
Times
dir.
Zhang Yimou , China , 2002,
35mm, 106 mins, color, Mandarin w/ English subtitles
 Master-director
Zhang Yimou presents a bittersweet comedy about contemporary
life in urban China. The protagonists of Happy Times
are befuddled would-be capitalists left behind by the tide of
prosperity sweeping the People's Republic. Eager to be married,
Zhao wins the affections of a divorcee by posing as a wealthy
businessman. In order to pay for the lavish wedding she requires,
Zhao and his friends hatch a plan to convert an abandoned bus
into a "hotel" for privacy-starved couples.
Tickets are Food
and Film $8.00; Food
only $4.00; Film only $6.00 for general admission, $5.00
I House members, students and seniors. All tickets available
at 6:30pm.
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