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Yankie director Don Tyler (Sutherland) faces mounting insecurity and declining health while on location in Beijing... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Funeral
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2 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
A delightful comedy about a funeral moreCast
(Credited cast) | You Ge | ... | YoYo |
| Rosamund Kwan | ... | Lucy |
 | Donald Sutherland | ... | Tyler |
| Da Ying | ... | Louie Wang |
| Paul Mazursky | ... | Studio boss |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Christopher Barden | ... | Peter |
| Ada Shen | ... | Lucy (voice) |
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Also Known As:
Big Shot's FuneralDai yuen (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Happy Funeral
The Funeral of the Famous Star
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Rated PG for thematic elements, language and brief partial nudity.Parents Guide:
Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
100 minColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Malaysia:U | Argentina:13 | Germany:6 | Norway:11 | Spain:13 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Iceland:LFilming Locations:
Beijing, ChinaMOVIEmeter: 
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'Da wan' is a charming Chinese (and sort of American) comedy that centres around a cameraman Yoyo (Yu Ge) who's assigned to arrange a funeral for a famous American director, Tyler and the director's assistant, Lucy (Rosamund Kwan) helps Yoyo to complete the task. With excellent cinematography and lighting, and beautiful set designs, it is quite a visually likable. The humour isn't slapstick or like the toilet humour so often seen in American films. It's part of the satirical screenplay and mingles well with the plot.
Yu Ge is fantastic and he's hilarious without appearing 'obviously' funny. He brings out the character's honesty and naivety with conviction and is both identifiable and lovable to the viewers. Rosamund Kwan is charming and lovely. She and Yu Ge share a fine chemistry. And of course Donald Sutherland is great as usual. His scenes with both Ge and Kwan are endearing and funny.
Anyone interested in light comedy can pick this one but I'm not sure whether it'll appeal to all as the plot is a little different from the regular comedy...but I loved it.