Director Tang Shu-hsuan, a 28-year-old overseas Chinese, entered the film, her first, in the San Francisco and Cannes film festivals. In Paris it was listed as one of the year's 15 best international films.
廿八歲的華裔女導演唐書璇獨自攜帶她的處女作，接連參加美國舊金山影展、法國坎城影展，巴黎影評將「董夫人」列為當時在巴黎上映的世界十五部最佳影片之一。