Mr. Zhao
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Cast & Crew
Shi Jingming
Zhang Zhihua
Chen Yinan
Jiang Wenli
Yang Hongguang
Zhai Ru
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Centers on the cross-cultural effects of adultery. When a teacher begins an affair with one of his students, his wife follows him and discovers his infidelity. To complicate matters further, the young mistress reveals that she is pregnant with the teacher's child. Not wanting to leave the wife who paid his way through university and bore him a son, but also refusing to abandon his pregnant mistress, Mr. Zhao must face the agony of choosing bewteen the two women.
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Winner of the Golden Leopard for Best Film at the 1998 Locarno International Film Festival.
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States August 1998
Released in United States October 1998
Shown at Hong Kong International Film Festival (in competition) March 31 - April 15, 1999.
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition) August 5-15, 1998.
Shown at Newport Beach International Film Festival (Asian Cinema Kaleidoscope) March 25 - April 4, 1999.
Feature directorial debut for Lu Yue, director of photography for Zhang Yimou.
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Hong Kong International Film Festival (in competition) March 31 - April 15, 1999.)
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Newport Beach International Film Festival (Asian Cinema Kaleidoscope) March 25 - April 4, 1999.)
Released in United States August 1998 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition) August 5-15, 1998.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at American Film Institute (AFI) Los Angeles International Film Festival October (Official Competition) 22-31, 1998.)
