Who directed the movie which has a basis on Shi Pei Pu's affair?
Shi Pei Pu Shi Pei Pu (; 21 December 1938 – June 30, 2009) was a Chinese opera singer from Beijing. He became a spy who obtained secrets during a 20-year-long sexual affair in which he convinced an employee in the French Embassy that he was a woman, later producing a child that he insisted had been born through their relations. The story made headlines in France when it came to light and became the basis for the 1988 play "M. Butterfly" and the 1993 movie of the same title.
Cry Me a River (film) Cry Me a River (河上的爱情 "Heshang de aiqing", literally "love on the river") is a 2008 short film directed by Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke. The film is a romance recounting the reunion of four college friends and lovers after ten years. The leads are played by Jia regulars Zhao Tao and Wang Hongwei, and Hao Lei and Guo Xiaodong, who starred together in Lou Ye's 2006 film "Summer Palace". Jia has stated that he was inspired by the classic Chinese film "Spring in a Small Town", also about the reuniting of former lovers in a rural river town in eastern China.