Eight Taels of Gold

This film (drama)Also known as八両金，is aHong Kong, ChinaProducerwomen sex，At1989Released in year 。The dialogue language isCantonese, Mandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating8.4(For reference only)。

This is one of Zhang Wanting's "Immigration Trilogy," set during the early period of China's reform and opening up. 　　Monkey (Hong Jinbao) silently left his hometown of Shantou Taishan during the Cultural Revolution, sneaking away to the United States, vowing never to return to China. For 16 years, he worked diligently as a taxi driver, relying on the unique cleverness and hard work of the Chinese, but his savings were limited, although he had gained quite a bit of weight. Unable to withstand the pain of homesickness, he decided to return home, borrowing eight taels of gold (a gold watch, a gold necklace) from friends, and purchased several items to ensure a good "return to glory." On his way back, he faced some minor setbacks and recorded a "last message" to express his guilt towards his parents and younger sister. 　　Upon arriving home, Monkey discovered that his parents had accompanied his younger sister to the countryside for a second child, which was prohibited by the family planning policy. With the company of his childhood playmate, who would soon become his brother-in-law, he met his childhood cousin, the sharp-tongued girl (Zhang Aijia). Like many from Guangdong at that time, she dreamed of going to Hong Kong or the United States, but unlike them, she had already obtained a "visa" to America—her future husband owned a restaurant in Chinatown, New York, and would take her to the U.S. the following spring. Soon, Monkey returned to the countryside with the sharp-tongued girl and her brother. After discussing their longing for home with their parents and younger sister, Monkey, like many who had not returned home for years, was left speechless from the complexities of interpersonal relationships in China. 　　In the early stages of Monkey's relationship with the sharp-tongued girl, who frequently used half-remembered English words, she was immersed in romantic fantasies about life in America. Monkey sometimes rained on her parade. As they spent more time together, they gradually developed feelings for each other, and the sharp-tongued girl slowly stopped mentioning her American dream, but her future was already laid out, while Monkey, at his parents' arrangement, began a journey of blind dates.