Have a Nice Day

Hao ji le

58th TIFF: Greek Premiere

A hard rain is about to fall on a small town in Southern China. In a desperate attempt to find money to save his fiancée’s failed plastic surgery, a mere driver steals a bag containing one million from his boss. News of the robbery spreads fast within the town and, over the course of one night, a wild chase is set... A whirlwind neo-noir full of magic realism, by a pioneering force in independent Chinese animation.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Liu Jian
Script: Liu Jian
Cinematography: Lin Shan
Editing: Minbing Xiaoliu
Sound: Li Danfeng
Music: The Shanghai Restoration Project Presents
Actors: (voices) Zhu Changlong, Cao Kai, Liu Jian
Production: Nezha Bros. Pictures Company, Limited Le-joy Animation Studio
Producers: Lynne Wang, Yang Cheng, Liu Jian
Art Direction: Lai Baoer
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: China
Production Year: 2017
Duration: 77'
Distribution in Greece: Seven Films
Contact: Memento Films International

Liu Jian

Liu Jian (China, 1969) majored in Chinese Painting and graduated from the Nanjing Art Institute in 1993. Since then, he has made various works that met with the criteria of modern art and that were presented in some of the most important exhibitions in China and abroad. He is one of the representative artists of Gaudy Art and Conceptual Photography. He began working on animations in 1995 and founded Le-joy Animation Studio in 2007. Liu Jian also teaches animation filmmaking at the China Academy of Art.

Filmography

2011 Look at This Man
2011 Chaos & Order
2017 Have A Nice Day