The story of provincial café proprietor Li Xuelian (Fan Bingbing)
begins as a matter of real estate. In order to acquire the apartment
they desire, Xuelian and her truck-driver husband conspire to get a
"fake" divorce. Once the divorce goes through, however, Xuelian is
shocked to discover that her husband has moved into the apartment with
another woman. Thus begins Xuelian's mission to have her extant divorce
annulled so she can remarry her husband and then divorce him "for real."
It is a question of principle — which is lost on the local magistrate.
Xuelian travels to Beijing to take her case to a higher court, but there
too she is dismissed.Years pass, and Xuelian continues to sue the state for failing
to recognize her demands. She accosts justices in the streets, hurls
herself in front of their cars, and even seeks accomplices to help her
kill them all. (Source: http://www.tiff.net)
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