Film

Lucky Dog

2008 · 1h 36m · Comedy

IMDb

7.2

A middle-aged man sets out to find a new career when he learns he's picked the wrong time to retire in this gentle comedy-drama from China. Wang Kangmei (Fan Wei) is a good-humored working stuff who after four decades as an engineer for the Chinese railway has taken early retirement. Wang's timing was less than ideal, as his wife (Cheng Shubo) falls ill and ends up in the hospital shortly after Wang's leaves his job. But Wang is a cheerful and quietly patriotic man who believes that the government will do the right thing for him and that he'll be able to find work if he tries. Wang's father (Cheng Shubo) isn't so confident, but that doesn't stop Wang from spending the day pursuing various sorts of employment, from operating a bicycle-cab to auditioning for an opera company.

Fan Wei

王抗美

Tian Yu

姑爷

Zhang Jibo

Ge Yunping

Xiaoping Guan

• Zhang MengDirector · Writer

Release date

January 4, 2008

Status

Released

Original language

Chinese

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Comedy