''Troubled Laughter'' is a 1979 Chinese

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by Yang Yanjin and Deng Yimin, set in the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goal ...

. The film stars Li Zhiyu as Fu Bin, a powerless newspaper writer who struggles with his conscience during an age of pervasive dishonesty and immorality from the top on down. It was screened out of competition at the

1981 Cannes Film Festival The 34th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 27 May 1981. The Palme d'Or went to the ''Człowiek z żelaza'' by Andrzej Wajda. The festival opened with '' Three Brothers'' (''Tre fratelli'') by Francesco Rosi and closed with '' Honeysuckle R ...

Cast

*Li Zhiyu as Fu Bin, a writer working for the ''Haicheng Daily'' *

Pan Hong Pan Hong (Chinese: 潘虹, born November 4, 1954) is a Chinese film actress. She is widely regarded as one of the best film stars of her generation. Early life Born Liu Ronghua (刘蓉华) on November 4, 1954, in Shanghai. During the Cultural ...

as Fu Bin's devoted wife, a schoolteacher *Gong Fei as Fu Bin's young daughter *Shi Jiufeng as Fu Bin's colleague and old acquaintance *Cheng Zhi as ''Haicheng Dailys chief editor, an ass-kisser *Yuan Yue as Song Abao, Haicheng's Communist Party secretary, a scheming lowlife *Bai Mu as disgraced professor of surgery *Qiao Qi as Fu Bin's former professor in journalism *

Qin Yi Qin Yi (; 4 February 1922 – 9 May 2022) was a Chinese actress. She gained fame for her stage performances in the war-time capital Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War. After the war, she became one of China's most popular film actre ...

as the wife of Fu Bin's former professor, a former actress *Fu Hengzhi as failing medical student-turned-heartless hospital leader *Qiu Shisui as a sympathizing doctor *Hong Zhaosen as secretary

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* 1979 films 1970s Mandarin-language films 1979 drama films Films about the Cultural Revolution Films shot in Shanghai Shanghai Film Studio films Chinese drama films {{China-film-stub