I Am Not Madame Bovary

I Am Not Madame Bovary
Theatrical release poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese我不是潘金蓮
Simplified Chinese我不是潘金莲
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWǒ Búshì Pān Jīnlián
Directed byFeng Xiaogang
Written byLiu Zhenyun
Based onI Did Not Kill My Husband by Liu Zhenyun
Produced byHu Xiao Feng[1] (also written Hu Xiaofeng)[2]
Starring
Narrated byFeng Xiaogang
CinematographyLuo Pan
Edited byWilliam Chang Suk Ping
Music byDu Wei
Production
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Distributed by
Release dates
  • 8 September 2016 (2016-09-08) (TIFF)
  • 18 November 2016 (2016-11-18) (China)
Running time
137 minutes[3]
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Box officeUS$70 million[4]

I Am Not Pan Jinlian (Chinese: 我不是潘金莲), known in English as I Am Not Madame Bovary, is a 2016 Chinese comedy film directed by Feng Xiaogang and written by Liu Zhenyun, based on Liu's 2012 novel I Did Not Kill My Husband.[5] The film stars Fan Bingbing, Zhang Jiayi, Yu Hewei, Dong Chengpeng and Guo Tao. It was selected to be screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[6] and won the award for Best Achievement in Directing (Feng Xiaogang) at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.[7] It was released in China on 18 November 2016.[8]

  1. ^ "I Am Not Madame Bovary [programme note]". Zurich Film Festival. 2016. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b Deborah Young (9 September 2016). "'I Am Not Madame Bovary': Film Review / TIFF 2016". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  3. ^ "I Am Not Madame Bovary [programme note]". Philadelphia Film Festival. 2016. Archived from the original on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
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  5. ^ Lee, Edmund (21 November 2016). "Film review: I Am Not Madame Bovary – Fan Bingbing defies petty bureaucracy in dark satire". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Toronto To Open With 'The Magnificent Seven'; 'La La Land', 'Deepwater Horizon' Among Galas & Presentations". Deadline. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  7. ^ "APSA NOMINEES & WINNERS". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. 2017.
  8. ^ "我不是潘金莲(2016)". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2016.