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.
zhao, 1998, chinese, dark, comedy, film, directorial, debut, already, well, established, cinematographer, director, zhang, yimou, traditional, chinese趙先生simplified, chinese赵先生literal, meaningteacher, zhaohanyu, pinyinzhào, xiānshēngdirected, bylü, yuewritten, . Mr Zhao is a 1998 Chinese dark comedy film It is the directorial debut of Lu Yue already a well established cinematographer for director Zhang Yimou Mr ZhaoTraditional Chinese趙先生Simplified Chinese赵先生Literal meaningTeacher ZhaoHanyu PinyinZhao xianshengDirected byLu YueWritten byLu YueShu PingProduced byYang Hongguang Liu XiaodianStarringShi JingmingChen YinanZhang ZhihuaCinematographyWang TianlinEdited byZhai RuiMusic byWu Gang musician Release date15 August 1998 1998 08 15 Locarno Running time89 minutesCountryChinaLanguageMandarinMr 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 Contents 1 Cast 2 Reception 3 References 4 External linksCast editShi 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 editMr 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 edit Moore Daniel 1998 08 17 Locarno fest honors Zhao Variety Archived from the original on 2013 02 05 Retrieved 2008 06 10 Mr Zhao Variety Profiles Variety Retrieved 2008 06 10 dead link External links editMr Zhao at IMDb nbsp Mr Zhao at AllMovie Mr Zhao at the Chinese Movie Database nbsp This article related to a Chinese film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mr Zhao amp oldid 1136845284, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
