本片是一部展示新旧文化冲突的当代都市生活伦理片：苦心经营了一辈子澡堂的老刘已近晚年，长子大明经商南下多年，只有智商低下的小儿子二明守在身边。误以为父亲病逝赶回家的大明面对迟暮的老父亲、不谙世事的傻弟弟和破败的旧澡堂，无心久留。不料一连串突发事件使他离家的计划一次次搁浅。从这时起，他开始真正接触洗澡这个行当，并试图去了解父亲，了解透过澡堂这个社会的缩影折射出的更为广阔的天地。

放映时间：90分钟

导 演：张扬

摄 影：张健、毕尔

主要演员：朱旭、濮存昕、姜武

西安电影制片厂 1999年 摄制

中外文化交流中心译制

Shower

It is a feature film on the ethical code of urban life by unveiling the conflicts between the traditional and contemporary cultures. Lao Liu, the owner of the bathhouse who has been dedicating his whole life to the business, is now at his senior age, accompanied only by Erming, his second son who is mentally impaired. Daming, his elder son, has been away from home for many years running his own business in the south. Upon receiving the mistaken message that his father has passed away, he hurries home only to find his old father who is now slow in action, his brother with mental retardation and the dilapidated bathhouse. He is in no mood to stay home for long. But the ensuing events interrupt time and again his plan to leave home. During the period he stays home, he starts to learn about the business of bathhouse-running and tries to acquire a better understanding of his father as well as the broad world through his knowledge about the bathhouse, a highlight of the entire social life.

Duration: 90 min

Director: Zhang Yang

Director of Photography: Zhang Jian Bi Er

Starring: Zhu Xu Pu Cunxi Jiang Wu

Produced by Xi`an Film Studio in 1999

Subtitled by Center of International Cultural Exchange