LING YI BAN
OTHER HALF, THE
Xiaofen works as a clerk at a law firm located in a developing city in Southwestern China. Her job is to meet different female clients and document the cases. However, just like those female clients involved in their lawsuits, Xiaofen is also in trouble. She feels anxious and insecure. Her boyfriend is missing and probably involved in a homicide case. Even her mother and her female friend are having their unsettled lives.
The Other Half intersperses scenes in a law office - where a succession of complainants in domestic-dispute cases address their woes to the camera - with a story about a young woman's ill-fated relationship with a shiftless young man. An oblique, even tricky film (despite the directness of the shooting style in the scenes in the law office), The Other Half is impressive for the restraint and compassion with which the director surveys his large cast of characters and for the amount of sociological detail he accumulates about their difficulties. (Chris Fujiwara)
- Zeng Xiaofei - Xiaofen
- Deng Gang - Deng Gang
- Zhao Ke - Zhao Ke
- Chen Xigui - Mutter
- Liu Huibin - Vater
- Ying Liang
- Peng Shan
- Ying Liang
- Li Rongsheng
- Ying Liang
- Peng Shan
- Ying Liang
- Zhang Xiao
- Ko Kyota
- Ying Liang
- Peng Shan
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