A 1953 comedy where losing the maid means losing your MIND.
Meal Time is a comedy film about all the mess with housework that director Yan and his wife had to go through after the maid gave up her job.
Acting
Yan Jun's escalating panic is pure slapstick gold.
Direction
Tu Kuang-chi keeps multiple disasters spinning at once.
Production
1950s Taiwanese middle-class household recreated in chaotic detail.
Director
Tu Kuang-chi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1950s Taiwanese cinema often used domestic comedy to explore tensions between traditional family structures and modernizing urban life.
Yan Jun was primarily known as a director; his rare acting roles leaned heavily into self-deprecating physical comedy.
HK
