''The True Story of Ah Q'' () is a 1981 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 ...
directed by
Fan Cen. It was entered into the
1982 Cannes Film Festival
The 35th Cannes Film Festival was held from 14 to 26 May 1982. The Palme d'Or was jointly awarded to ''Missing'' by Costa Gavras and '' Yol'' by Şerif Gören and Yılmaz Güney.
The festival opened with the 1916 film '' Intolerance'', directed ...
.
It is based on the 1921-22 novella
of the same name by
Lu Xun
Zhou Shuren (25 September 1881 – 19 October 1936), better known by his pen name Lu Xun (or Lu Sun; ; Wade–Giles: Lu Hsün), was a Chinese writer, essayist, poet, and literary critic. He was a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. ...
.
Cast
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Bao Fumin as Master Zhao's son
* Chen Xi as Candidate Bai
*
Jin Yikang as The Fake Foreign Devil
*
Li Wei
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Ni Yilan as Zou Qi Sao
*
Wang Suya
*
Yan Shunkai
Yan Shunkai (; 6 June 1937 – 16 October 2017) was a Chinese comedian, actor and film director.
Yan rose to fame after portraying Ah Q in ''The True Story of Ah Q'', which was based on an episodic novella by Lu Xun, one of the pioneers of mode ...
as A Qiu
*
Zhang Youyun as The Little Nun
References
External links
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1981 films
1981 drama films
Chinese drama films
Films based on short fiction
1980s Mandarin-language films
Shanghai Film Studio films
Adaptations of works by Lu Xun
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