I Love You (2002 film)

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I Love You
Directed by Zhang Yuan
Written by Zhang Yuan
Wang Shuo
Xia Wei
Starring Xu Jinglei
Tong Dawei
Music by Zhang Yadong
Cinematography Zhang Jian
Distributed by China:
Asia Union Film
International:
The Film Library
Release date(s) 2002
Running time 97 min.
Language Mandarin Chinese
All Movie Guide profile
IMDb profile
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese: 我爱你
Traditional Chinese: 我愛你
Pinyin: Wǒ aì nǐ

I Love You is a 2002[1] Chinese drama film directed by Zhang Yuan and starring Xu Jinglei and Tong Dawei. The film was a coproduction between the Xi'an Film Studio and Jewel Film Investment Company.

It is one of three films made by Zhang in 2002 (the other two being the Communist opera Jiang Jie, and the romantic comedy, Green Tea) marking one of the more prolific periods in his career. I Love You is based on author Wang Shuo's novel Get a Kick and Die. Zhang would again adapt one of Wang's stories in 2006's Little Red Flowers.

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[edit] Cast

  • Xu Jinglei - Du Xiaoju, the wife;
  • Tong Dawei - Wang Yi, the husband;
  • Du Peng - Pan Youjun, a married friend of Wang Yi and Du Xiaoju;
  • Pan Juan - Jia Ling, Du Xiaoju's roommate in the hospital;
  • Hou Junjie - Pan's wife

[edit] Reception

Unlike many of Zhang's earlier works (notably Beijing Bastards and East Palace, West Palace), I Love You was released domestically in China in late October of 2006.[2] By November of 2006, I Love You had grossed nearly 10 million RMB ($1.2m), thus making it Zhang's biggest commercial success.[2] Internationally, the film has also done well, premiering at many major film festivals including Sundance,[3] Rotterdam,[4] Karlovy Vary,[5] Deauville,[6] and Pusan[2].

Like his previous film, Seventeen Years, Zhang Yuan's foray into mainstream movie making has been both praised and criticized.[7] While Derek Elley of Variety argues that the film represents a move towards "maturity,"[2], Richard James Havis of the Hollywood Reporter takes an opposite tack, arguing that the film's lack of political grounding and mainstream nature leaves it a "cold romantic thriller" that "lacks the emotional muscle" to appeal to international audiences.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Several sources refer to this as a 2003 release (notably the Internet Movie Database). In reality, the film was made primarily in 2002 and was released in several international film festivals late that year, including Pusan.
  2. ^ a b c d Elley, Derek (2002-12-03). I Love You Review. Variety. Retrieved on 2007-09-18.
  3. ^ SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL (Park City). FilmFestivals.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
  4. ^ a b Havis, Richard James (2003-03-06). I Love You. Retrieved on 2007-09-18.
  5. ^ 42nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - I Love You. Kalovy Vary International Film Festival. Retrieved on 2007-09-10.
  6. ^ Festival du Film Asiatique de Deauville. Deauville Asia Film Festival. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
  7. ^ Kuo, Kaiser (2003-03-02). Feature Story: Directors’ Dilemma. that's Beijing Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.

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Films directed by Zhang Yuan

Feature films: Mama (1992) • Beijing Bastards (1993) • Sons (1996) • East Palace, West Palace (1996) • Seventeen Years (1999) • Hainan Hainan (2000) • I Love You (2002) • Jiang Jie (2003) • Green Tea (2003) • Little Red Flowers (2006) •
Documentaries: The Square (1996) • Demolition and Relocation (1998) • Crazy English (1999) • Miss Jing Xing (2000) •
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