Mr. No Problem (Adapted from Lao She’s Work)--Best Actor & Best Screenplay

　　The film, directed by Mei Feng, is adapted from a short story of the famous writer Mr. Lao She published in 1943, and tells a story in Chongqing during Anti-Japanese War. In 1940, a fight was ongoing between the directors of a new and old farm in Shuhua Farm, with rich resources but negative growth.

　　On the home-front during WWII, conflicting interests at Shuhua Farm in Chongqing are adroitly handled by Director Ding Wuyuan. The farm is highly productive yet fails to turn a profit. Fortunately the shareholders, appeased by Ding's largess, do not hold it against him. To bring in extra income, Ding Wuyuan rents a room to a self-professed artist named Qin Miaozhai, eventually incurring suspicion that the farm is harboring an enemy sympathizer. The shareholders decide to hire an incorruptible new director, who is opposed by the faux-artist Qin. Under Qin's urging, workers show Director You's wife with small bribes, whereupon Qin exposes the new director for embezzlement. Although Qin succeeds in driving away the new director, he himself is soon hauled off by military police.This course of events fits the aims of Ding Wuyuan, who finally returns to his position as farm director. As before the farm operates at a loss, under a facade of not having any problem. The film also tells a timeless allegory of human kind. 

Posted: April 24,2017