Zhang's Diner

Resource Information

The work Zhang's Diner represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Zhang's Diner

Statement of responsibility

directed by Mika Koskinen for YLE

Creator

• Koskinen, Mika

Contributor

• Yleisradio Oy

Director

• Koskinen, Mika

Subject

• City and town life -- China | Beijing
• Documentary films
• Migration, Internal -- China
• China -- Economic conditions -- 2000-
• Rural-urban migration -- China
• Restaurants -- China | Beijing
• China -- Social conditions -- 2000-

Genre

• Documentary films

Language

chi

Summary

An impoverished Chinese couple move to Beijing from their home town in search of a better life. They invest what little they have in a shabby diner and begin a new life. The film follows Zhang's and Xiao's restaurant business over a period of three years. The couple s problems at times reach almost comical proportions. There are no customers, but they continue to make an effort. The couple represents a phenomenon that has become part of everyday life for tens of millions of Chinese. As China follows the global economy, it is the rural residents who used to make their living in state run cooperatives who now find themselves destitute. The large cities are full of illegal job seekers who have no basic security and are harassed by the local police, adding to their troubles. Nevertheless, the diner in Beijing has an essentially warm and optimistic atmosphere. The young couple carries on with their lives, through joy and worry, determined to succeed

Additional physical form

Previously released as DVD.

Cataloging source

VaAlASP

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

For College; Adult audiences

Language note

This edition in Chinese with English subtitles

Runtime

57

Series statement

Global business and economics in video

Target audience

general