Zhong Shen Da Shi (1985)
Directed by King Hu
Run Time - 99 min. |
Countries - Taiwan |
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Synopsis by Eleanor Mannikka
The ironic title of this undistinguished farce literally means "the affair of a lifetime," or marriage. Keeping that in mind, the future of an up-and-coming advertising designer (Tao Limin) depends on his ability to find a wife -- and soon, as of yesterday -- in order to get a lucrative account for a hyped-up rejuvenating potion. Beset by an unnatural tendency to have accidents, the poor guy goes through a phalanx of women: hookers, liberated artists, and rather unwieldy specimens of femininity, and it still looks like he will never find a mate.