Tiny Times
| Tiny Times | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Guo Jingming |
| Produced by |
Li Li An Xiaofen Adam Tsuei Zhou Qiang Angie Chai |
| Written by | Guo Jingming |
| Screenplay by | Guo Jingming |
| Based on |
Tiny Times 1.0 by Guo Jingming |
| Starring |
Yang Mi Amber Kuo Haden Kuo Xie Yilin |
| Music by | Hou Zhijian |
| Cinematography | Randy Che[1] |
| Editing by | Gu Xiaoyun |
| Studio |
He Li Chen Guang Media EE-Media Star Ritz Prods. H&R Century Pictures Beijing Forbidden City Film Le Vision Pictures (Tianjin) Le Vision Pictures Shenzhen Desen Intl. Media Amazing Film Studio Comic Ritz Film & TV Culture Mission Media Investment |
| Distributed by |
China Film Group Cooperation (China) Dasheng International Media (China) Le Vision Pictures Co. (China) |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 115 minutes[2] |
| Country | China[3] |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Budget | ¥45 million (estimated)[1] |
| Box office | ¥483 million[4] ($77.63 million[5]) |
Tiny Times (Chinese: 小时代), also known as Tiny Times 1.0[1] is a 2013 Chinese romance drama film written and directed by Guo Jingming and based on the best-selling novel of the same name also by Guo.[3] The story follows the film's narrator and protagonist Lin Xiao,[6] played by Yang Mi, along with her best friends Gu Li, Nan Xiang, Tang Wanru, as they navigates between relationship, work and friendship in Shanghai.
The film received mostly negative reviews from Chinese film critics, although it was a commercial success. A sequel titled Tiny Times 2, which was filmed together with the first film and based on the second-half of the novel, was released on August 8, 2013. Tiny Times 3, the third installment of the Tiny Times series is set to release in summer 2014.
Plot
The film was based on the first half of Tiny Times 1.0, the first novel in Guo's Tiny Times series. It depicts the friendship among four young girls, Lin Xiao, Gu Li, Nan Xiang, Tang Wanru from Lin Xiao’s perspective in Shanghai, illustrating the titanic transformation of their own philosophies. The four young girls had been classmates in high school and roommates in college. On campus, they, faced with heavy pressure, initiated their internships and coped with intractable affairs happening continually. After graduation, even if they became sophisticated and related to complex relationship in society, they still continued their correspondence with misunderstanding and jealousy. However, they have all changed, never as before.
Cast
- Yang Mi as Lin Xiao
- Amber Kuo as Gu Li
- Haden Kuo as Nan Xiang
- Xie Yilin as Tang Wanru
- Wang Lin as Ye Chuanping
- Shang Kan as Kitty
- Yolanda Yang as Lin Quan
- Ding Qiaowei as Yuan Yi
- Ko Chen-tung as Gu Yuan
- Chen Xuedong as Chong Guang
- Li Yueming as Jian Xi
- Rhydian Vaughan as Gong Ming
- Jiang Chao as Xi Cheng
- Calvin Tu as Wei Hai
Release and reception
Box Office
Accolades
| Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai International Film Festival Press Prize[7] | Best Feature | Tiny Times, Qing Chun Pai, Wo De Ying Zi Zai Ben Pao, Carpooling Shock, All Apologies, Don’t Expect Praises, Redemption and Switch | Won |
| Shanghai International Film Festival Press Prize[7] | Best New Director | Guo Jingming | Won |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Tiny Times 1.0 (2013)". imdb.com. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ↑ "Tiny Times: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Film Review: ‘Tiny Times’". Variety. 2013-07-17.
- ↑ "影片排行".
- ↑ "Weekly box office". Retrieved 2013-08-05.
- ↑ "Chinese Coming-of-Age Drama ‘Tiny Times’ Eyeing Huge Local Debut". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "The 16th Shanghai International Film Festival 2013". mtime.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2013-07-30.