Li Shuangshuang

One of the era’s most popular films and winner of four Hundred Flowers awards including Best Picture, Li Shuang Shuang offers up another round in the battle of the sexes wrought by China’s revolutionary society. Straight-talking Shuang Shuang (Zhang Ruifang) launches a corruption investigation into her own husband, commune accountant Xiwang (Zhong Xinghuo), that forces him to leave. When they meet again, Xiwang claims that he is a changed man, but will Shuang Shuang take him back? A rollicking character study with great performances, influenced by a favorite of Chinese filmmakers: ’30s Hollywood comedies. —Film Society of Lincoln Center