Mr. Zhao

Mr. Zhao


Traditional	趙先生
Simplified	赵先生
Mandarin	Zhào Xiānshēng
Directed by	Lü Yue
Produced by	Yang Hongguang, Liu Xiaodian
Written by	Lü Yue Shu Ping
Starring	Shi Jingming Chen Yinan Zhang Zhihua
Music by	Wu Gang
Cinematography	Wang Tianlin
Edited by	Zhai Rui
Release dates	Template:Fil mdate
Running time	89 minutes
Language	Mandarin

Mr. Zhao (simplified Chinese: 赵先生; traditional Chinese: 趙先生; pinyin: Zhào Xiānshēng) is a 1998 Chinese dark comedy film. It is the directorial debut of Lü Yue, already a well-established cinematographer for director Zhang Yimou.

Mr. Zhao tells the story of a philandering doctor living in Shanghai. His infidelity gets the best of him, however, when his mistress Tian Jing (Chen Yinan) announces she is pregnant, while his wife learns of his affair but refuses to grant a divorce.

Cast

Shi Jingming as the titular Mr. Zhao, a teacher of Chinese medicine.
Zhang Zhihua as his wife, a factory worker.
Chen Yinan as Tian Jing, his student and now pregnant mistress.

Reception

Mr. Zhao won the 1998 Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland.^[1]

The film was also entered into competition at the 1999 Hong Kong International Film Festival and the 1998 AFI Fest in Los Angeles.^[2]

References

↑ Moore, Daniel (1998-08-17). "Locarno fest honors 'Zhao'". Variety. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
↑ "Mr Zhao Variety Profiles". Variety. Retrieved 2008-06-10.

External links

Mr. Zhao at the Internet Movie Database
Mr. Zhao at AllMovie
Mr. Zhao at the Chinese Movie Database

Golden Leopard winning films

And Then There Were None (1946)
Man About Town (1947)
Germany, Year Zero (1948)
The Farm of Seven Sins (1949)
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
Hunted (1952)
Julius Caesar (1953)
The Composer Glinka (1953)
The Glass Wall (1953)
Prince Bayaya (1954)
Gate of Hell (1954)
Wild Fruit (1954)
Rotation (1954)
The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954)
Carmen Jones (1955)
The Emperor's Nightingale (1955)
Il Grido (1957)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
Killer's Kiss (1959)
Il bell'Antonio (1960)
Fires on the Plain (1961)
The Winner (1962)
Transport from Paradise (1963)
Black Peter (1964)
Four in the Morning (1965)
Courage for Every Day (1966)
Entranced Earth (1967)
The Visionaries (1968)
Charles, Dead or Alive (1969)
Those Who Wear Glasses (1969)
Three Sad Tigers (1969)
No Path Through Fire (1969)
Lilika (1970)
Mujo (1970)
Soleil O (1970)
End of the Road (1970)
On the Point of Death (1971)
They Have Changed Their Face (1971)
The Friends (1971)
Private Road (1971)
Znaki na drodze (1971)
Bleak Moments (1972)
The Illumination (1973)
Tüzolto Utca 25 (1974)
The Son of Amir Is Dead (1975)
The Big Night (1976)
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison (1977)
The Idlers of the Fertile Valley (1978)
The Herd (1979)
To Love the Damned (1980)
Chakra (1981)
The Princess (1983)
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Alpine Fire (1985)
Jezioro Bodenskie (1986)
O Bobo (1987)
Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
Schmetterlinge (1988)
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989)
Accidental Waltz (1990)
Johnny Suede (1991)
Autumn Moon (1992)
Azghyin ushtykzyn'azaby (1993)
Khomreh (1994)
Raï (1995)
Nénette et Boni (1996)
The Mirror (1997)
Mr. Zhao (1998)
Skin of Man, Heart of Beast (1999)
Father (2000)
Off to the Revolution by a 2CV (2001)
The Longing (2002)
Khamosh Pani (2003)
Private (2004)
Nine Lives (2005)
Das Fräulein (2006)
The Rebirth (2007)
Parque via (2008)
She, a Chinese (2009)
Winter Vacation (2010)
Back to Stay (2011)
The Girl from Nowhere (2012)
Story of My Death (2013)
From What Is Before (2014)
Right Now, Wrong Then (2015)
Godless (2016)

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