Trouble Makers (2006 film)

Trouble Makers
Directed byCao Baoping
Written byCao Baoping
Que Diwei (novella)
Produced byZhang Yaoli
Sun Yang
Wang Ping
Cao Baoping
StarringLi Xiaobo
Kong Qingsan
Wu Gang
CinematographyTao Shiwei
Edited byCao Baoping
Music byLiu Qing
Distributed byInfotainment China
Release dates
  • June 21, 2006 (2006-06-21) (Shanghai)
  • June 30, 2007 (2007-06-30) (New York)
Running time
100 min.
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

Trouble Makers (simplified Chinese: 光荣的愤怒; traditional Chinese: 光榮的憤怒; pinyin: Guāngróngde fènnù; lit. 'Glorious Indignation') is a 2006 black comedy film written and directed by Cao Baoping. It was Cao's solo directorial debut, though Cao had previously co-directed the film Absolute Emotion in 2001. Based on Que Diwei's novella, "Village Operation," which was published in a magazine in 2000, Trouble Makers had difficulty traversing the Chinese censors and often found itself lacking funds until 2005.[1] As a result, Cao eventually inserted a happy ending that differed from ending in the original novella.[2]

  1. ^ Elley, Derek (2006-06-06). "Trouble Makers review". Variety. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  2. ^ Ishizuka, LiAnn (2007-11-02). "Toil and Trouble". Asia Pacific Arts. Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2008-12-29.