About the movie "The Happy Life of the Garrulous Zhang Damin"

The movie, The Happy Life of the Garrulous Zhang Damin, was a the mainland of China film adapted from Zhang Guoli's novel of the same name. It was released in 1993. The film told the story of an ordinary peasant family and their life experiences and growth in the midst of social changes. The protagonist of the film, Zhang Damin, was a poor farmer, but he was an optimistic, cheerful and open-minded person. Through his own efforts and struggles, he gradually embarked on the road of success in the environment of reform and opening up. He realized his life value by marrying and having children, opening factories, developing land, and so on, and became one of the representatives of Chinese society at that time. The movie used Zhang Damin's life as the main line and interweaved with the story of other characters, including his neighbors, friends, colleagues, wives, etc. They experienced various life experiences and setbacks in different historical periods and different stages of life. Through the story of Zhang Damin and his family, the film showed the great changes that had taken place in the process of reform and opening up in the mainland of China, as well as the growth of an ordinary farmer in the process of reform. The movie, The Happy Life of the Garrulous Zhang Damin, was a huge success in both the Chinese mainland and overseas markets, becoming a classic Chinese family movie. It used simple and realistic plots and characters to show the historical changes that took place in the process of the mainland of China's reform and opening up. It was deeply loved and recognized by the audience.