Lease Wife (2006)

Original title

租期

Directed by

Lu Xuechang

Genre

drama film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 38m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A businessman hires a prostitute to pose as his wife for a visit to his rural hometown. Together, they navigate the deceptions and expectations of his family.

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What happens

Lease Wife (Chinese: 租期; pinyin: Zū Qī) is a 2006 drama film directed by Lu Xuechang, and is the story of a man who pays a prostitute to pretend to be his wife when he goes back to his village to visit his family. It is also known as The Contract. Lease Wife is Lu's fourth feature film and stars Li Jiaxuan as the prostitute, Lily, and Pan Yueming as the businessman, Guo Jiaju, who hires her. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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