Husband and Wife

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An absorbing example of genre filmmaking in the People’s Republic of China, Husband and Wife could at first glance be mistaken for any other romantic melodrama chronicling the rise and decline of a married couple’s love; here, though, that love takes place in (and is entirely defined by) a realm of political upheaval and Maoist ideology. A Shanghai intellectual marries an illiterate peasant woman–turned–collectivist hero, with outcomes both universal (differences emerge) and specific (revolutionary self-critiques). At first a popular hit, the film (and Zheng himself) was soon critically attacked for counterrevolutionary, pro-bourgeois thought. Zheng even penned a confessional autocritique, but the damage to his career was done. (BAMPFA)

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Languages: Mandarin

Director: Zheng Jun-li

Starring Cast: Zhao Dan, Jiang Tianliu, Wang Guiling, Wen Ming, Wu Yinyan

Cast

Zhao Dan

Li Ke

Jiang Tianliu

Zhang Ying

Wang Guiling

Xiao Juan's Father

Wen Ming

Zhang Ying's Mother

Wu Yinyan

Qing Feng (as Wu Yin)

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