If I Were for Real (1981)

Original title

假如我是真的

Directed by

Wang Toon

Cast

Alex Fong, Wan Qian, Wu Da Wei, Yang Zi Tong, Wang Yu, Gai Ke, Wang Qian You

Genre

drama film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man impersonates an official's relative to get ahead in mainland China. His scheme exposes corruption and hypocrisy among the powerful.

satiricaltensepoliticalgrimcynicalprovocativedarkly comic

What happens

If I Were for Real (Chinese: 假如我是真的) is a 1981 Taiwanese drama film directed by Wang Toon. It is an adaptation of the 1979 play of the same name by Sha Yexin, Li Shoucheng and Yao Mingde, set in mainland China. The film made some changes to the story to turn "the satirical comedy into political propaganda which condemns Chinese communism". The film was banned not only in mainland China (like the play), but also in British Hong Kong until 1989. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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