Chinese New Year

Last year's reunion dinner ended without joy, so my mother was even more looking forward to having a happy reunion this time. Soon, the children came back one after another: the eldest son (played by Liu Xiaolingtong) was dull and honest, and the eldest daughter-in-law (played by Ding Jiali) was aggressive and unruly; the eldest brother-in-law (played by Ge You), a cadre, did not follow the right path, flirted with women outside, and even forced his wife to have an abortion; the younger son (played by Liang Tian) did not do his job, was greedy for pleasure, and only knew how to ask for money; the second daughter whom his father loved most disobeyed his father's orders and married a shelf worker (Shen Junyi) ), and now the young couple who are self-reliant and working on their own business are back again. The seemingly happy and peaceful brothers and sisters have their own little secrets, and they don’t know how this year’s New Year’s Eve dinner will end... Zhao Lirong won the Jury Award for Best Actress at the 4th Tokyo International Film Festival in 1990 for this film.