Name: Gui lin rong ji
Genre: Drama
Released: 1998-09-11
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Do Do Cheng, Pao-Ming Ku, Kevin Lin

This is a story based on the refugees of China;s revolution in 1949 who fled to Taiwan. Set in Tai-Pei, the film centers around a noodle shop owned by Rong Rong (Carol Cheng, in a terrific performance). Basically, you meet a small group of people affected by the revolution and how they make do. Rong Rong, whose husband was in the military and is presumably dead, has a niece named Xiu-Hua, whom she helps out monetarily. She wants to match him with Teacher Lu (kevin Lin), the respectable young man who goes to the shop. That is just one small part of this film, which has fringe characters that are also part of the narrative. My one complaint is at least for a while the film jumps in time, forward but mostly back, and you're not sure exactly what year it is. However, stick with this film and I think you'll find it a compelling, authentic, character driven slice of life.

The drama genre is a broad category that features stories portraying human experiences, emotions, conflicts, and relationships in a realistic and emotionally impactful way. Dramas delve into the complexities of human life, often exploring themes of love, loss, morality, societal issues, personal growth, with the aim to evoke an emotional response from the audience by presenting relatable and thought-provoking stories.

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Rong Rong is the tough Mama Boss from childhood in pre-1949 Guilin until her disillusion in 1970s Taipei, where she struggles to run a noodle shop and contend with a host of colorful customers.

Do Do Cheng and Xun Zhou in Gui lin rong ji (1998)

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