Set in Shanghai in the 1990s, the film tells the story of a university teacher named Mr. Zhao, who is entangled between his wife, his lover and the object of a one-night stand.
In front of his wife, he is a weak, hesitant and evasive husband, who only uses the word procrastination to cope with the crisis in his marriage.
In front of his lover, he is a happy, indulgent and selfish man who enjoys the excitement and pleasure of cheating.
In front of his one-night stand partner, he is a romantic, tender and dreamy lover.
1998 / Hong Kong, China Mainland China / Drama / Lv Le / Shi Jingming Zhang Zhihua
When Zhou Ruomin (Zhang Zhihua), a laid-off worker in Shanghai, overhears that her husband Mr. Zhao (Shi Jingming), who is a teacher at a university, is having an extramarital affair with his former female student Tian Jing (Chen Yinan), she launches a late-night attack on her husband, asking him to choose between her and her lover, to which Mr. Zhao refuses to give in.
The next day, Tian Jing tells Mr. Zhao that she is pregnant with his child and also wants an explanation from Mr. Zhao, who remains ambiguous.
Mr. Zhao’s non-statement of Tian Jing very sad, rushed to the hospital to do an abortion, rushed to the news of Mr. Zhao outside the operating room and Tian Jing’s a friend to talk about the gradual disadvantage of fleeing, in the street was hit by a truck and became a vegetable.
At this point, he no longer has a wife and lover in his head, instead of them appearing in the office the night before Mr. Zhao’s accident inadvertently encountered a beautiful woman (Jiang Wenli) in a different place.
