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Mr. Zhao (1998)

Mr. Zhao poster
Original title
赵先生
Directed by
Lü Yue
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A philandering doctor in Shanghai has a mistress who becomes pregnant. His wife finds out and refuses to divorce him. The film follows his struggle to juggle these two relationships.

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What happens

Mr. Zhao is a 1998 Chinese dark comedy film. It is the directorial debut of Lü Yue, already a well-established cinematographer for director Zhang Yimou. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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