Bitter Tea Fragrance

The film won the Newcomer Film Director Award (Wu Bing) at the 8th China Film Huabiao Awards in 2002; the Jury Award at the 8th China Film Huabiao Awards in 2002. The famous female writer Fu Qing lost her husband in that special era and had only one son to depend on her. When her son grew up, she was very dissatisfied with her life. His strong personality made it difficult for mother and son to get along. Eventually, after a big quarrel, her son moved out. From then on, Fu Qing, who was in her sixties, lived alone. She believed that she had a fulfilling life and never admitted to being lonely. But she never had any works published again, and the publisher's euphemistic rejection letter plunged her into deep pain. Until one day, she met an old man who knew how to taste tea, and everything changed. Zheng Shi, once an old salesperson in a state-owned tea shop, was proficient in tea art and lived a leisurely life after retirement. He lived with his son, who was busy doing business all day long. He placed the old man in a luxurious apartment on the top floor of the tower, where he had no worries about food and drink, but could not spare any time to accompany him. When he was lonely, one day the old man invited some old friends to his home to drink tea and sing opera. Unexpectedly, he found his son was worried about the business failure, so everyone broke up unhappy. Zheng Shi ran away from home in anger and met...