Ordinary Family

Production organization: Beijing Film Studio Film type: Feature film Director: Duan Jishun Screenwriter: Ma Lin, Zhu Mei, Jiang Dafu Starring: Zhang Lianwen, Wang Shuqin, Zhang Ping, Chang Rong, Li Jian Yang Daqian is the carpentry monitor of a construction company. He has a cheerful personality, active work, and good skills. He has been an advanced producer in the factory for many years. Young people like to work in a group with him. Yang Daqian also has a happy family: a virtuous and hard-working wife, a smart son, and the child's grandmother. The family lives a harmonious life. The leader, Dr. Ling, had an overseas relative who gave Dr. Ling a color TV. Dr. Ling invited Yang Daqian's family and neighbors to watch the show. However, after watching TV every night, his daughter's academic performance dropped, and his lover, Engineer Jiang, could not read at night. This caused distress to the whole family, and subtle changes began to occur in the relationship between neighbors. Yang Daqian noticed these changes and he no longer went to Doctor Ling's house to watch TV. He is determined to save enough money within a year to buy a color TV set for his home. From then on, Yang Daqian's family lived frugally and scrupulously calculated every drop of water and electricity. Who forgot to turn off the kitchen lights? Yang Daqian could roar so hard that the whole family was frightened; there was no fish or meat in the food, and there was no meat or fishy taste at all. Yang Daqian works during the day and makes furniture for others in his spare time;