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Creative Statement

Li Yuru and Liu Haizhou fall in love in Shenzhen, a city where people come to start businesses. As they try to prove themselves to their parents, lies and scams keep coming to light, their love falls apart, and both families are pulled into financial trouble. After the storm, Li Yuru, still hoping for love, welcomes a new life and a fresh start.

Genre:

Drama, Romance

Director:

Chen Xiaoyu

Screenwriter:

Chen Xiaoyu, Lin Hanfang

Producer:

Huang Fan, Huang Xing

Production Company:

Zhejiang Fanshexing Film and Television Production Co., Ltd.

About the Director

Graduated from the production program of Toronto Film School. Completed the theatrical feature Gone with the Boat, which won Best Supporting Actress at the 37th China Golden Rooster Awards, Best Screenplay in the Asian New Talent section of the Golden Goblet Awards at the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival, and Best New Director and Best Actor at the 10th Silk Road International Film Festival, as well as Best Actor and Best Screenplay at the 2nd Cambodia Asian Film Festival. It was nominated for Best Actress, Best Small and Medium-Budget Feature Film and Best Directorial Debut at the 37th China Golden Rooster Awards, and selected for the 2024 Dublin International Film Festival and the New Chinese Films Showcase of the 2023 China Golden Rooster & Hundred Flowers Film Festival.

About the Producer

Huang Fan: Main credits since 1997 include assistant director on Jiang Wen's Devils on the Doorstep; production coordinator on Peter Pau's The Touch; Chinese production coordinator on Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill; Chinese production manager on Marc Forster's The Kite Runner; co-producer of Phil Agland's five-part documentary Beyond the Clouds; and producer of Chen Xiaoyu's Gone with the Boat. Huang Xing: Film executive producer, founder of the Honor New Force Directors Competition and of the HCI China Film Market Report, and content and entertainment marketing consultant. Has planned and supervised films including Love Is Not Blind, The Modern Age and The Wavering Engagement, and the web series Fleet of Time.

About the Screenwriter

The first short film as screenwriter, Fortune as Vast as the Eastern Sea, was selected for the main competition of the 8th Xi'an Film Studio Spring Light Film Festival; the film project Awakening was selected for the project market of the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival; and wrote the micro film The Eleventh Table on New Year's Eve for the Taiwan Affairs Office of Deqing County. Lead copywriter for the cross-platform marketing of the Golden Rooster-winning film Gone with the Boat, and production coordinator for the sci-fi animated short Human Consciousness Collection Project, among others.