Family Portrait (1992)

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Released:
1992-09-12

Overview:
After laying bare backward village mentalities in Bloody Morning, Li Shaohong turns her attention to China’s urban middle class. Cao is a photographer, married to an opera singer and with an infant son, caught in the usual professional morass of political compromise. His life starts to fall apart when he learns that his ex-wife also bore him a son some months after their divorce – and when the boy turns up looking for his father. Nothing wildly dramatic, just believable people in believable situations. If the ending seems a touch forced, this is nevertheless a sign that ‘Fifth Generation’ cinema is changing and coming to terms with up-to-date realities.

Director:
Li Shaohong

Runtime:
1h 29min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Song Dandan
  • Li Xuejian
  • Jiang Wenli
  • Ye Jing
    as
    赵小木