Hot Soup (2020)
Contemporary Shanghai. Four women are pursuing happiness in their lives. Their stories intertwine, as if they were those of a single person. A young executive argues with her fiancé about starting a family. A PhD student clashes with her professor about her thesis about happiness. A teenager fails to find the perfect boyfriend who meets her father's expectations. A young woman dreaming of the US is stuck in a cab with the cabdriver in love with her. The respected director, winner of multiple awards at major international festivals, returns with an intricately structured story about the search for happiness.
Director: Zhang Ming
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Thomas Price as 戚有仓 |
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Yi Zuo as 陈霍 |
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Li Meng as 小真 |
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Chen Duling as 小黄 |
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Zhaoyan Guozhang as 靳教授 |
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Song Fangyuan as 娃娃 |
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Wenyi Liu as 汤汤 |
| Camera | Wang Meng | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Zhang Ming | Director |
| Writing | Zhang Ming | Writer |
| Writing | Gong Yuxi | Writer |