Lease Wife
Appearance
Lease Wife | |
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Directed by | Lu Xuechang |
Written by | Gong Xiangdong Lu Xuechang |
Starring | Li Jiaxuan Pan Yueming |
Cinematography | Liu Yonghong |
Music by | Dong Wei |
Release dates | China: March 17, 2006 |
Running time | 98 min. |
Country | China |
Language | Mandarin |
Budget | US$205,000[1] |
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.[1]
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.
References
- ^ a b Xinhua News Agency (2006-03-17). "Up-and-coming Chinese director Lu Xuechang's new film centres on prostitution". People's Daily. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
External links
- Lease Wife at IMDb
- Lease Wife at the Chinese Movie Database