Her life takes a turn, however, when one of her long-time customers, played by Tao Zeru, shows a romantic interest in her.

[1] Life Show won the Golden Goblet at the 2002 Shanghai International Film Festival, as well as awards for best actress and best cinematography.

[1] Life Show follows a woman, Lai Shuangyang, who operates a duck neck stall in night market in an unnamed city in central China (the film was shot in Chongqing[1]).

Into this morass, Shuangyang starts to notice one of her customers, Zhou Xiongzhou, a middle-aged businessman who has been frequenting her restaurant for a year.

Life Show was released for North American markets on region 1 DVD by Razor Digital Entertainment on October 11, 2005.