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Back to Back, Face to Face

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Original title

Bei kao bei, lian dui lian (Back to Back, Face to Face)

Year

1994

Running time

138 min.

Country

China

Director

Huang Jianxin, Yang Yazhou

Screenwriter

Shun Yian, Huang Jianxin. Novel: Xinglong Liu

Cast

Music

Yan Jun, Dalong Zhang

Cinematography

Shu Shen, Zhang Xiaoguang

Producer

Xi'an Film Studio, Simpson Communications

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

Wang Shuangli is Deputy Director of the local Cultural Centre, and hopes to be appointed Director. However Old Ma is brought in from the country and installed as Director. This starts a long train of events with Wang's cronies using the bureaucracy to try to oust the new director. At home, Wang has problems because his father wants Wang to have a son to carry on the family name. However, because of the one-child policy, Wang cannot have any more children unless his young daughter is certified infirm.

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