{{Short description|1998 Hong Kong film by Allen Fong}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2019}} {{Use Hong Kong English|date=November 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = A Little Life-Opera | image = | caption = | native_name = {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none| t = 一生一台戲 | s = 一生一台戏}} | director = Allen Fong | producer = | writer = | starring = | music = | cinematography = | editing = | studio = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1998}} | runtime = | country = Hong Kong | language = | budget = | gross = }} '''''A Little Life-Opera''''' ({{lang-zh|c=一生一台戲}}) is a 1998 Hong Kong film directed by Allen Fong. The film, set in Fujian province, is filmed in the People's Republic of China and stars Yang Kuei-Mei and Winston Chao.
The dialogs of the film are entirely in Hokkien (Min Nan) and Mandarin. It is Fong's last feature film as he has not made any more feature movies since.
==Synopsis== Xueyan (雪雁, played by Yang Kuei-Mei) is a 40-something single mother who lives in the coastal region of Fujian province. She has a daughter in her late teens and is part of a part-time Min opera troupe from the village. When she is invited to perform with her troupe members for a show, she comes across Sanpeng (三朋, Winston Chao), a former troupe actor who is now a businessman. Meanwhile, the troupe struggles to survive as modernity and Western habits clash with the traditional performance art.
==External links== * [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120542/ IMDb entry]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Little Life-Opera}} Category:1998 films Category:Hong Kong drama films Category:1998 Mandarin-language films Category:Films directed by Allen Fong Category:1998 Hong Kong films Category:Films about Chinese opera Category:1998 drama films
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