Hot Soup
2022, Chinese. Directed by Zhang Ming.
Contemporary Shanghai. Four women are pursuing happiness in their lives. Their stories intertwine, as if they were those of a single person. A young executive argues with her fiancé about starting a family. A PhD student clashes with her professor about her thesis about happiness. A teenager fails to find the perfect boyfriend who meets her father's expectations. A young woman dreaming of the US is stuck in a cab with the cabdriver in love with her. The respected director, winner of multiple awards at major international festivals, returns with an intricately structured story about the search for happiness.
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 16 September 2022
- Original title
- 热汤
- Country
- China
- Written by
- Zhang Ming, Gong Yuxi
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Hot Soup runs 102 minutes (1h 42m).
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Hot Soup isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 16 September 2022. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Hot Soup?
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Who directed Hot Soup?
Hot Soup (2022) was directed by Zhang Ming and stars Thomas Price, Yi Zuo, Li Meng.