I Am Not Madame Bovary

Li Xuelian (Fan Bingbing) is an ordinary Chinese woman living in a village. Because of her insistence in redressing an accusation by her ex-husband against her, she has to negotiate with many people at various levels of society. She never imagined that, over the course of these confrontations, a single incident would snowball into another and later become something else entirely. After ten years, she has failed to set things right, only to learn a new lesson about the fickleness of human nature. The film examines the conflicts that arise when a society evolves from one dependent on a system of grace and favors to one subject to a systemized rule of law. Winner of FIPRESCI Prize for Special Presentations in the 41st Toronto Int'l Film Festival, Golden Shell for Best Film and Silver Shell for Best Actress in the 64th San Sebastian Int'l Festival. 5 nominations in Golden Horse Film Festival including Best Feature Film, Best Director and Best Leading Actress.