Agreed Not to Separate

1999 film

Agreed Not to Separate

Film poster

Traditional Chinese| 說好不分手
Simplified Chinese| 说好不分手
Hanyu Pinyin| Shuōhǎo Bù Fēnshǒu
Directed by| Fu Jingsheng
Written by|

* Fei Ming
* Yan Gang
* Wang Hailin

Produced by|

* Yang Jian
* Lu Wenjie

Starring|

* Xu Qing
* Pu Cunxin
* Guo Feng
* Tao Hong

Cinematography| Fu Jingsheng
Edited by|

* Feng Sihai
* Yang Jian

Music by| Guo Feng

Production
company

Shanghai Paradise Film & Television

Release date

* 1999 (1999)

Running time

| 96 minutes
Country| China
Language| Mandarin

Agreed Not to Separate is a 1999 Chinese drama film directed by Fu Jingsheng. This film is Fu's directorial debut.

## Plot

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Teng Yuanfeng (Pu Cunxin) cannot understand why Lin Qiao (Xu Qing) divorced him and moved into a crowded apartment — by herself, since he won the custody battle. They have always had a loving relationship; sometimes Lin complained about his work and business trips, but nothing suggested a breakup. One day, Lu Xinxin (Tao Hong), who knew Lin as the one-time a cappella singer for her musician husband Zhang Ke (Guo Feng), bumps into Lin and notices the uncanny resemblance between her husband and Lin's son. She begins to follow the child, and later Zhang does the same. This gets the attention of Teng, who also realizes the unthinkable: the son that he has loved and cared for 4 years is not his.

Furious, Teng sues Zhang for homewrecking and neglecting parental responsibilities. He leaves the child with Lin, but does not involve her in the lawsuit as he still loves her. Lin admits to a regrettable affair at a period of extreme loneliness (when Teng was away in Copenhagen covering the UEFA Euro 1992), and tells him that she filed for divorce because she could no longer bear the sight of the child and Teng together. Meanwhile, Zhang gets depressed especially since Lu also leaves him, though she comes back following his failed suicidal attempt. At the hearing, Lin (who is summoned as a witness) tells the court that while not his biological father, Teng has always cared for the child and done everything a father can. Teng gets emotional and drops the lawsuit. Afterwards, Lin calls Teng to tell him that she is leaving for good with the child, and Teng does not say anything. He encounters a lovesick man on the street and realizes that he cannot live without Lin and her son.

## Awards and nominations

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2000 23rd Hundred Flowers Awards

* Won \- Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress (Tao Hong)

## External links

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* Agreed Not to Separate at IMDb

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