I Am Not Madame Bovary

Original title: Wo bu shi Pan Jin Lian

2016
12
2h 8m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

2.6K

YOUR RATING

Guo Tao, Lixin Zhao, Jia-yi Zhang, Bingbing Fan, Wei Fan, Hua Liu, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Da Peng, and Zonghan Li in I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016)

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Comedy Drama

After being swindled by her ex-husband, a woman takes on the Chinese legal system.After being swindled by her ex-husband, a woman takes on the Chinese legal system.After being swindled by her ex-husband, a woman takes on the Chinese legal system.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

2.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 33 wins & 30 nominations total

Guo Nong
(as Fan Wei)

Xiaogang Feng

Narrator

Zonghan Li

Qin Yuhe
(as Li Zonghan)

Hua Liu

Lao Hu
(as Liu Hua)

Da Peng

Wang Gongdao

Guo Tao

Zhao Datou
(as Tao Guo)

Hai Tao

Hewei Yu

Zheng Zhong
(as Yu Hewei)

Jia-yi Zhang

Ma Wenbin
(as Zhang Jiayi)

Yi Zhang

Jia Congming
(as Zhang Yi)

Lixin Zhao

Shi Weimin
(as Zhao Lixin)

Director
- Xiaogang Feng
Writer
- Zhenyun Liu
All cast & crew
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Storyline

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Trivia
The film is presented in four aspect ratios. The majority of the film is in a circular frame, most scenes taking place in Beijing are in a square frame (1:1), one shot of a bus is in widescreen 16:9, and the last scene (including end credits) is in the cinematic 2.39:1 frame.

Quotes
Leader: A sesame seed has become a watermelon.
[pause]
Leader: An ant has become an elephant.

User reviews11

Featured review

6/10

WINDOWS INTO CHINA

This is a fun if somewhat lengthy satirical window (literally) into Chinese bureaucracy and one crazed woman's battle against it.

Full of fun characters and quirky scenes. Fan Bingbing is superb and unrecognisable as the loony but determined hero.

Worth the watch.