Family Portrait (四十不惑) 31 years old

After laying bare backward village mentalities in Bloody Morning, Li Shaohong turns her attention to China’s urban middle class. Cao is a photographer, married to an opera singer and with an infant son, caught in the usual professional morass of political compromise. His life starts to fall apart when he learns that his ex-wife also bore him a son some months after their divorce – and when the boy turns up looking for his father. Nothing wildly dramatic, just believable people in believable situations. If the ending seems a touch forced, this is nevertheless a sign that ‘Fifth Generation’ cinema is changing and coming to terms with up-to-date realities.

Credits

Family Portrait Cast

Name	Character
Li Xuejian He was 38, now 69 years old
Song Dandan She was 31, now 63 years old
Jiang Wenli She was 23, now 54 years old

Family Portrait Crew

Name	Department
Li Shaohong as Director. She was 37 (now 68) years old	Directing