Movie: Family Portrait

Top 4 Billed Cast

Song Dandan
Song Dandan

Li Xuejian
李雪健

Jiang Wenli
Jiang Wenli

Ye Jing
叶静

赵小木

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1992-09-12

  • Average

    6.2

  • Rating:

    3.1 starts
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    普通话
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