The Happy Trio

Following the lives of three downtrodden but resilient outcasts John Lo Mars gritty social drama paints a sense of realism rarely seen in Hon Kong movies Li Ching the best actress of her era play Ah Chiao is a girl from a rural village stranded in the city who befriends a kindhearted transient and a retired actor They are poor but they are happy Although her fortune changes for the better when she becomes a singer she ultimately learns money cant buy happiness