Husband and Wife

Synopsis

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)

Main Cast

Zhao Dan

Li Ke

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Jiang Tianliu

Zhang Ying

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Wang Guiling

Xiao Juan's Father

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Wen Ming

Zhang Ying's Mother

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Wu Yinyan

Qing Feng (as Wu Yin)

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Crew	Cinematography	Hu Zhenhua
Directing	Director	Zheng Jun-li
Writing	Screenplay	Zheng Jun-li
Department	Role	Name

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