No More Applause (1993)

No More Applause 1993 / 无人喝彩 1993 / Wu Ren He Cai , 無人喝彩

Xiao Ke Ping is a flautist in a philharmonic orchestra; however, Xiao and her colleagues are often reduced to playing little-appreciated chamber music in hotel bars and cafés since it is popular music, not classical, that floods the music market. Her husband, Li Mian Ning, was once an advanced technology engineer. When he returns to Beijing to be with Xiao, Li has to abandon his speciality and become a security guard in the Forbidden City. It is only when he is playing electronic games after work that Li's energy shows through. Life is getting drier and drier. After many career setbacks, Xiao becomes short-temper, and after many quarrels, they finally divorce. Unexpectedly, due to the lack of housing, Li and Xiao have to go on living together in the same apartment and later, each takes a ‟new lover‟ home, mostly to provoke the other... (Source: Cynthia Wu at IMDb, edited by XuongPhim) ~~ Adapted from the novel ‟No One Cheers‟ (无人喝彩) by Wang Shuo (王朔).