The Dumpling Queen
6.8/10
Rating
120 min
Runtime
2025
Release Year
Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Director
Cast
Ma Li, Kara Hui Ying-Hung, Zhu Yawen, Wong Cho-Lam, Fiona Sit Hoi-Kei
Quick Synopsis
The Dumpling Queen tells the true story of Ms. Zang Jianhe, originally from Qingdao, Shandong Province, who fled with her two young daughters to join her husband but became stranded in Hong Kong in the late 1970s. To support her family and survive in a new city, she began selling dumplings at the Wan Chai Ferry Terminal. Despite facing significant hardships, Ms. Zang gradually overcame these challenges and worked to improve her life, eventually establishing the Wan Chai Ferry Terminal as a well-known dumpling destination and earning the title "Queen of Dumplings."
Detailed Synopsis of The Dumpling Queen
Based on the true story of Ms. Zang Jianhe, the founder of Wan Chai Ferry Terminal and known as the "Queen of Dumplings"; in the late 1970s, Ms. Zang Jianhe from Qingdao, Shandong Province was forced to flee to her husband with her two young daughters, but was forced to stay in Hong Kong, and in order to survive, she had to sell dumplings at the Wan Chai Ferry Terminal. How will she carry down the heavy difficulties of fate, step by step to reverse her life...
