| Love for Life | |
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| Directed by | Gu Changwei |
| Produced by | Gu Changwei Chen Xiaodong |
| Written by | Yan Laoshi Yang Weiwei Gu Changwei |
| Starring | Zhang Ziyi Aaron Kwok Pu Cunxin Jiang Wenli Cai Guoqing Li Danyang Tao Zeru Wang Baoqiang |
| Cinematography | Yao Tao Du Kefeng |
| Release date(s) | May 10, 2011 (China) |
| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
Love for Life (simplified Chinese: 最爱; traditional Chinese: 最愛; pinyin: Zuì ài), also known as Life Is a Miracle, Til Death Do Us Part and Love for Live, is a 2011 film directed by Gu Changwei. This is Gu's third film as director after a lengthy career as a cinematographer for some of China's top directors. It was released on 10 May 2011 in China.
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The film, adapted from a novel, tells a tragic love story between two AIDS-afflicted lovers. Kwok plays a primary school teacher who is sent from the city to teach in the countryside, but contracts AIDS and develops a crush on Zhang Ziyi's character, also an AIDS patient.
HIV/AIDS related subject matters are rarely touched upon in China, and always thought to be a taboo. This film is acclaimed to be able to make a change. Backed by the government, the film is said to be the first time the blood-selling scandal of the 1990s has been featured in mainstream Chinese culture.[1]