Back to Back, Face to Face

Back to Back, Face to Face

148 mins | Drama | Nov. 17, 1994

Wang Shuangli is Deputy Director of the local Cultural Centre, and hopes to be appointed Director. However Old Ma is brought in from the country and installed as Director. This starts a long train of events with Wang's cronies using the bureaucracy to try to oust the new director. At home, Wang has problems because his father wants Wang to have a son to carry on the family name. However, because of the one-child policy, Wang cannot have any more children unless his young daughter is certified infirm.

Back to Back, Face to Face

148 mins | Drama | Nov. 17, 1994

Back to Back, Face to Face
Wang Shuangli is Deputy Director of the local Cultural Centre, and hopes to be appointed Director. However Old Ma is brought in from the country and installed as Director. This starts a long train of events with Wang's cronies using the bureaucracy to try to oust the new director. At home, Wang has problems because his father wants Wang to have a son to carry on the family name. However, because of the one-child policy, Wang cannot have any more children unless his young daughter is certified infirm.
IMDb rating 8.2
Producers Xi'an Film Studio, Simpson Communication Limited
Original title 背靠背,脸对脸
Directors Yang Yazhou, Huang Jianxin
Writers Liu Xinglong, Sun Yi’an, Huang Jianxin

Cast

Niu Zhen-Hua

as Wang Shuangli

Lei Kesheng

as Lao Ma

Li Qiang

as Xiao Yan

Ju Hao

as Li Kuaiji

Liu Guoxiang

as Father Wang

Xu Xuezheng

as Lao Luo

Haihai Lin

as Lan Fang

Wang Jinsong

as Hou Zi

Zi Lin

as

Zhenhua Wu

as LeLe Xiao

Zhang Jiayi

as Jingli Shi

She Nan-nan

as Leng Bingbing

Ge Zhijun

as Juzhang Leng

Qian Wen

as Lao Song

Han Bingjie

as Gao Yuanzhang

Yang Yazhou

as ZuZhi ChuZhang