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After being swindled by her ex-husband, a woman takes on the Chinese legal system.After being swindled by her ex-husband, a woman takes on the Chinese legal system.After being swindled by her ex-husband, a woman takes on the Chinese legal system.
- Awards
- 33 wins & 30 nominations
Zonghan Li
- Qin Yuhe
- (as Li Zonghan)
Hewei Yu
- Zheng Zhong
- (as Yu Hewei)
Jia-yi Zhang
- Ma Wenbin
- (as Zhang Jiayi)
Yi Zhang
- Jia Congming
- (as Zhang Yi)
Lixin Zhao
- Shi Weimin
- (as Zhao Lixin)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film is presented in four aspect ratios. The majority of the film is in a circular frame, most scenes taking place in Beijing are in a square frame (1:1), one shot of a bus is in widescreen 16:9, and the last scene (including end credits) is in the cinematic 2.39:1 frame.
- Quotes
Leader: A sesame seed has become a watermelon.
[pause]
Leader: An ant has become an elephant.
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This film has so much potential. It's got good timing sequences, the cinematography is unique and the style is reminiscent of Wes Anderson.
However, the details is just not quite there. Considering the director's bold move to choose such a small focus frame many aspects lack care.
Raining scenes on the river shows clearly it's not raining in the distance. Many side characters clearly has no acting background with exaggerated body language and tone which was off putting. Some of the actors were not able to mimic the local accent consistently.
Overall a very beautifully filmed movie with some great composition and interesting comedic elements. But if you have the knowledge of the language and quality of media in China, you might have also felt the lack of care because these are very basic cinema mistakes in TV dramas and B-grade movies.
However, the details is just not quite there. Considering the director's bold move to choose such a small focus frame many aspects lack care.
Raining scenes on the river shows clearly it's not raining in the distance. Many side characters clearly has no acting background with exaggerated body language and tone which was off putting. Some of the actors were not able to mimic the local accent consistently.
Overall a very beautifully filmed movie with some great composition and interesting comedic elements. But if you have the knowledge of the language and quality of media in China, you might have also felt the lack of care because these are very basic cinema mistakes in TV dramas and B-grade movies.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Toi Khong Phai La Phan Kim Lien
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $436,798
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $181,552
- Nov 20, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $70,826,207
- Runtime2 hours 8 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- Circular
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