The Dumpling Queen (Chinese, Eng & Chinese Subs)

Name: The Dumpling Queen (Chinese, Eng & Chinese Subs)
Genre: Biography
Released: 2025-05-01
Duration: T1H59M
Cast: Ma Li, Kara Wai, Yawen Zhu, Fiona Sit, Tai-Bo

119 min | 1 May 2025

Mild themes and coarse language

Trailer

In the 1970s, Zang Jianhe, a woman from Qingdao, was forced to leave her hometown with her two daughters. The film is in Cantonese and Mandarin and includes both English and Chinese subtitles.

In the 1970s, Zang Jianhe, a woman from Qingdao, was forced to leave her hometown with her two daughters. To make ends meet and raise her children, she washed dishes by day and cleaned cars by night. With no one to rely on, she bore the immense pressure alone. Determined to break free from her fate, Zang Jianhe decided to make a living by selling dumplings. From struggling to attract customers to eventually thriving, she received much support from tough-but-kind Hong Jie, Brother Hua, and Uncle Dessert. Through perseverance, she grew her dumpling business into a success, and her life gradually opened up to new possibilities...

The film is based on a true story. It is in Cantonese and Mandarin and includes both English and Chinese subtitles.