The Big Family

Zhou Zhi the patriarch of the family rules strictly following the handeddown hereditary tradition listening to no one In the face of new economic challenges he decides and acts totally arbitrarily Unable to adapt himself to modern times not the least because of his stubbornness he runs into heavy debt putting the family in great financial difficulty Turning to his daughters and sonsinlaw for support he receives a cold welcome Around the almost largerthanlife patriarchal figure of Zhou Zhi this film vividly portrays the difficulties of an ordinary Chinese family with its members having to change their lifestyle in the face of economic difficulties and a shifting culture