Lucky Dog

A middleaged man sets out to find a new career when he learns hes picked the wrong time to retire in this gentle comedydrama from China Wang Kangmei Fan Wei is a goodhumored working stuff who after four decades as an engineer for the Chinese railway has taken early retirement Wangs timing was less than ideal as his wife Cheng Shubo falls ill and ends up in the hospital shortly after Wangs leaves his job But Wang is a cheerful and quietly patriotic man who believes that the government will do the right thing for him and that hell be able to find work if he tries Wangs father Cheng Shubo isnt so confident but that doesnt stop Wang from spending the day pursuing various sorts of employment from operating a bicyclecab to auditioning for an opera company