Date: Thursday 24 July 2014, 7.15pm
Venue: Committee Room One, Wellington City Council, 101 Wakefield Street. Gold coin donation. With support from Confucius Institute, Victoria University of Wellington
烟花三月Flowery March (95 minutes, 2006)
Director:曾晓欣 Zeng Xiaoxin Cast: 刘涛Tao Liu, 张洪睿Zhang Hongrui,楚轶男Chu Yinan
Listed as one of the 10 Chinese Cuisine Movies for Foodies, Flowery March tells a modern story happening in a century-old famous restaurant in Yangzhou City “The Misty Rain Building”. Boss of the restaurant Uncle Xu enjoys a good reputation, his granddaughter Xu Lijie comes back from the US after finishing her studies. In the influential cook-off, the “Gathering of Famous Restaurants”, Jiang Shan, a cook from Beijing, defeats three other famous chefs.