![]() ![]() ![]() Its director (Jia Ling) is also the lead star (as Jia Xiaoling), and while she doesn’t exactly pass for a teenager, she almost makes up for it with her dimpled smile and direct, engaging energy, and the story is apparently drawn from her own life. Sure, this doesn’t offer any deep messages about alienation or bitterly-observed insights into Communist China, but it is deeply likeable. So apparently this is (currently) the highest-grossing film ever directed by a woman, which is pretty cool, and it’s a shame that more Western audiences won’t see it, if the audience at the screening I saw is anything to go by, but then I guess it doesn’t fit the model that most distributors go by when it comes to the kinds of Asian films that get seen widely in the West. It’s also pretty good fun and sweet, so I can recommend it, not that it likely says anything too controversial about the country’s recent past. The character Li Huanying in the movie is based on Jia Ling's late mother.Earlier on this year, I took a punt on a random Chinese film which now has turned out to be the second-highest grossing film of the year (probably because China was one of the most unaffected film markets given everything that happened in 2021). Ace co-star Shen Tang makes a special appearance. Jia Ling's fellow actor-comedian and Ace vs. Filming lasted over three months from Septemto January 7, 2020.It is based on a 2016 comedy skit made for season one of Comedy General Mobilization on Zhejiang TV which also starred Jia Ling, Chen He and Zhang Xiaofei. It is one of the movies for Chinese New Year 2021.Xiaoling assumes that she can apply ideas that are ahead of the times to broaden the world of those around her and help her mother "succeed." However, Jia Xiaoling is surprised by the outcome. ![]() As the two become inseparable, Jia Xiaoling also meets a group of good friends. In a state of emotional breakdown, Jia Xiaoling unexpectedly returns to the year 1981 and meets her mother Li Huanying (Zhang Xiaofei). One day in the year 2001, Jia Xiaoling (Jia Ling) who has just been admitted to university experiences the most unimaginable heartbreak when her mother dies from a tragic accident. ![]() However, she is able to travel through time and space to learn the story of her parents when they were young. Actress Jia Xiaoling experiences the grief of wanting to serve her parents but having lost the chance. ![]()
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