Movie

The Happy Trio

★ 7.5/10 · 2 votes 1975 1h 39m Released

Comedy

Following the lives of three downtrodden but resilient outcasts, John Lo Mar's gritty social drama paints a sense of realism rarely seen in Hon Kong movies. Li Ching - the best actress of her era - play Ah Chiao is a girl from a rural village stranded in the city, who befriends a kind-hearted transient and a retired actor. They are poor, but they are happy. Although her fortune changes for the better when she becomes a singer, she ultimately learns money can't buy happiness.

Cast

Li Ching Ah Jiao Yau Fung Blockhead Wang Sha Uncle Tang Ching Gao Zhi Ren K Ku Chiu-Chin Ms Su Lily Leung Shun-Yin Jiao's pose instructor