Thousand Arrows Pierce the Heart [Film and TV Commentary]

In Wuhan in the 1990s, in an ordinary family, the husband Ma Xuewu (Jiao Gang) Li Baoli (played by Yan Bingyan) is a hawker on Hanzheng Street. They also have a son Xiaobao (played by Li Xian). A corporate house allocation allowed the family to move into a new house. Unexpectedly, a series of unexpected changes ensued from the day they moved: the husband Ma Xuewu filed for divorce, the wife discovered that her husband had cheated on her, and the homeless mother-in-law wanted to move into a new home. Finally, Ma Xuewu committed suicide under a series of blows. Baoli's friend Xiaojing (played by Zhao Qian) attributes all the bad luck to the bad feng shui of the new house, calling it "a thousand arrows piercing the heart". Li Baoli, who has a stubborn personality, is unwilling to compromise and is determined to support the home... The movie "A Thousand Arrows Pierce the Heart" is adapted from the novel of the same name by Fang Fang, a famous writer from Wuhan, and was shortlisted for the main competition of the 25th Tokyo International Film Festival