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I am not Madame Bovary [videorecording]

2017
DVDs and BluRay
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.
Main title:
Author:
Xiaogang, Feng, directorDu, Wei, musicPeng, Da, actorBingbing, Fan, actorFan, Wei, actorLiu, Zhenyun, book author
Imprint:
Thunderbird Releasing, 2017.
Collation:
1 videodisc (139 min.) : col.
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (Mandarin), Subtitles (English).Made in 2016.Based on the novel by Zhenyun Liu.Credits: music, Wei Du; cinematographer, Pan Luo; narrator, Xiaogang Feng.DVDN.Credits: director, Feng Xiaogang; writer, Zhenyun Liu; music, Wei Du; cinematographer, Pan Luo; narrator, Feng Xiaogang.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Da Peng, Fan Bingbing, Wei Fan, Guo Tao, Zonghan Li, Hua Liu.
Audience:
BBFC code: 12.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437072585
Language:
Chinese
BRN:
2585664
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