Da wan

Dec 21 2001 PG 1h 47m
Comedy, Drama

Don Tyler, a famous film-maker, falls ill on the sets of his movie. Fascinated by the funereal traditions of China, he requests a cameraman named Yoyo to arrange a grand, comedic funeral for him.

Plot

Yankie director Don Tyler faces mounting insecurity and declining health while on location in Beijing, so his assistant hires down-and-out camerman YoYo to take the reins. Scrambling, studio boss sells the sagging picture to a Japanese media company. But YoYo is determined to upstage the whole production by granting the director's wish to have a grand "comedy funeral". To raise the money for it, he auctions off advertising and sponsorships for the funeral to companies around the world. But wait...is Don getting better?

Written by

Xiaogang Feng, Xiaoming Li, Kang Shi

Directed by

Xiaogang Feng

Production Countries

Hong Kong, China

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures, Huayi Brothers & Taihe Film Investment, China Film Group Corporation

Languages

English

Awards

8 wins & 3 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
2,460
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA