Troubled Laughter

{{short description|1979 film}}

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{{Infobox film

|name=Troubled Laughter

|image=troubledlaughter.jpg

|native_name={{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none|s={{linktext|苦恼|人|的|笑}}|t={{linktext|苦惱|人|的|笑}}|p=Kǔnǎo Rén de Xiào}}

|caption=DVD cover

|director={{Unbulleted list|Yang Yanjin|Deng Yimin}}

|writer={{Unbulleted list|Yang Yanjin|Xue Jing}}

|producer=Xu Songlin

|cinematography={{Unbulleted list|Ying Fukang|Zheng Hong}}

|music=Xu Jingxin

|editing=Lan Weijie

|runtime=92 minutes

|studio=Shanghai Film Studio

|starring={{Unbulleted list|Li Zhiyu|Pan Hong|Shi Jiufeng}}

|country=China

|language=Mandarin

|released={{Film date|df=yes|1979}}

}}

Troubled Laughter is a 1979 Chinese drama film directed by Yang Yanjin and Deng Yimin, set in the Cultural Revolution. The film stars Li Zhiyu as Fu Bin, a powerless newspaper writer who struggles with his conscience during an age of pervasive dishonesty and immorality from the top on down. The ethical and professional conflicts eventually threaten both Fu Bin's work and family relationships, while his mental struggle breaks through to the film’s discursive level. It was screened out of competition at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1783/year/1981.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Troubled Laughter |accessdate=7 June 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}