The 82 Tenants (1982)

In 82 Tenants the widow Zhang and Bing her new young consort want to sell an apartment house to a property developer but old man Zhangs will provided that the current tenants can stay there as long as they want or the building survives So it is clear who the villains arejoining the greedy couple is Chao who has purchased all the land around the building but needs this final piece so he can know everything down and build a money spinning edifice One the other side are the tenants a disparate group whose grudgingly and occasionally antagonistically shared communal life while not ideal is certainly better than not having a place to live