Big Shot's Funeral (Chinese: 大腕; pinyin: Dàwàn; literally "Big Wrist", Mandarin colloquialism for "big shot") is a 2001 Chinese comedy film directed by Feng Xiaogang.
The film stars Ge You, Rosamund Kwan and Donald Sutherland.
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