Hot Soup (2020)

4.5/10 102 min Drama

Overview

Contemporary Shanghai. Four women are pursuing happiness in their lives. Their stories intertwine, as if they were those of a single person. A young executive argues with her fiancé about starting a family. A PhD student clashes with her professor about her thesis about happiness. A teenager fails to find the perfect boyfriend who meets her father's expectations. A young woman dreaming of the US is stuck in a cab with the cabdriver in love with her. The respected director, winner of multiple awards at major international festivals, returns with an intricately structured story about the search for happiness.

Cast

Thomas Price

戚有仓

Yi Zuo

陈霍

Li Meng

小真

Chen Duling

小黄

Zhaoyan Guozhang

靳教授

Song Fangyuan

娃娃

Wenyi Liu

汤汤

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