Acclaimed director feng xiaogang and superstar fan bingbing team up for this razor-sharp, intriguing tale of a wronged woman fighting for justice against her duplicitous husband and the government itself. when li xuelian (fan bingbing) and her husband qin yuhe (li zonghan) stage a fake divorce to secure a second apartment reserved by the government for single people, all seems to go to plan. six months later, qin remarries, as agreed but to a different woman. furious, li files a lawsuit with the county court, but loses the case after the judge remains convinced the... divorce papers are in order. refusing to accept the court's findings, li appeals to the chief justice, the county chief, and even the mayor, but fails at every turn. she decides that only qin can give her peace of mind, if he will just acknowledge that the divorce was fake. instead, he publicly accuses her of being a promiscuous woman - an accusation that drives li back to the courts, and to the capital, to redeem her reputation once and for all shot partly in a circular aspect ratio, mirroring the literati paintings of the song dynasty, i am not madame bovary offers a powerful, compelling and hilarious social satire, which transcends all cultures in uniquely stylish fashion. [show more]
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Xiaogang Feng directs this Chinese comedy drama adapted from the novel by Zhenyun Liu. Looking to register for a second apartment the Chinese government has only made available to single people, uneducated villager Xuelian Li (Bingbing Fan) and her husband Qin (Zonghan Li) come up with a plan to get a divorce, apply for the property, then remarry after they are granted the rights to the additional home. However, when the apartment is assigned to Qin, he suddenly goes back on the agreement and marries another woman instead. Left angry and alone, a determined Li decides to take her case to top government officials in Beijing in an attempt to get her vengeance.
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