Our Husband

Lis first directorial work in Hong Kong is adapted by himself from the Hollywood movie The Great Lie 1941 starring Bette Davis When a husband disappears in an accident the wife is dismayed by a social butterfly pregnant with her husbands child To preserve the husbands blood line the wife takes care of the expectant mother and raises the child Featuring the two ravishing beauties Li Lihua and Sun Jinglu Our Husband foregoes juicy feuds between the leads and delivers an allegorical message parents should provide an ideal environment for the next generation Addressing the rocky times in China it is equally overt in its remonstration as Yung Hwas earlier works The Soul of China and Sorrows of the Forbidden City