The Empty Mirror

This film (drama)Also known as空镜子，is aMainland ChinaProducerbeauty live，At2001Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating8.5(For reference only)。

Living in the shadow of her sister Sun Li (played by Niu Li), Sun Yan (played by Tao Hong) has always longed to be like her sister—beautiful, highly educated, and surrounded by boys—while she herself feels quite ordinary. Although the beautiful sister likes her handsome childhood friend Ma Liming (played by Xu Yajun), she finds him lackluster and later marries the researcher Zhang Bo (played by Liu Guanjun). On Sun Yan's side, the hospital logistics staff Pan Shulin (played by Jiang Wu), introduced by her master, is nothing like her cultured and romantic brother-in-law, but he is straightforward and treats her well. However, sister Sun Li looks down on Pan Shulin. Just then, Sun Yan’s elementary school classmate Zhai Zhigang (played by He Bing) passionately pursues her, and they soon marry. But after marriage, Sun Yan discovers Zhai Zhigang is narrow-minded, and they are completely incompatible, ultimately leading to divorce. Meanwhile, the sister who loves to stir up trouble leaves her daughter and brother-in-law, goes abroad, and gets involved with a foreign man, ultimately ending in divorce as well. Everything seems to be in a loop, and now Ma Liming and Pan Shulin reappear in front of the two sisters. Which direction will the story take next? Adapted from the novel of the same name by Wan Fang.