| Director | Guo Jingming |
|---|---|
| Producer | Li Li An Xiaofen Adam Tsuei Zhou Qiang Angie Chai |
| Writer | Guo Jingming |
| Screenplay | Guo Jingming |
| Based on | Tiny Times 1.0 by Guo Jingming |
| Starring | Yang Mi Kai Ko Amber Kuo Rhydian Vaughan Bea Hayden Evonne Hsieh Cheney Chen Li Yueming Jiang Chao |
| Music | Hou Zhijian |
| Cinematography | Randy Che[1] |
| Editing | 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 |
| Distributor | China Film Group Cooperation (China) Dasheng International Media (China) Le Vision Pictures Co. (China) |
| Released | June 27, 2013 |
| Runtime | 115 minutes[2] |
| Country | China[3] |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Budget | ¥45 million (estimated)[1] |
| Gross | ¥484 million (US$79.7 million)[4] |
Tiny Times (simplified Chinese: 小时代), also known as Tiny Times 1.0[1] is a 2013 film and the first installment of the film series written and directed by Guo Jingming. The movie is based on Guo's best-selling novel of the same name.[3]
Plot
The story follows four young women who are high school classmates and later become college roommates. On campus, they start their internships and experience a series of romantic affairs. After graduation, they continue their correspondence, suffused with misunderstanding and jealousy. However, they have all changed significantly.
After graduation, Lin Xiao settles into her job as an editorial assistant at a fashion magazine and acclimating herself to the glamorous, high-octane world of haute couture. She meets her demanding and cold boss, Gong Ming, whose melancholic persona is described by Lin Xiao as "a distant, lonely planet in the universe". Her work puts her relationship with her high school sweet heart, Jian Xi in peril.
Meanwhile, Gu Li faces struggle in her relationship with Gu Yuan at the intervention of his mother, who seeks to marry him off to an even wealthier family. Nan Xiang paints to support her fashion design studies, while at the same time struggle with her on-and-off relationship with abusive boyfriend Xi Cheng. Wan Ru worries that her aspirations in life are never really made certain, and the fact that she might not get a boyfriend.
Cast
- Yang Mi as Lin Xiao
- Kai Ko as Gu Yuan
- Amber Kuo as Gu Li
- Rhydian Vaughan as Gong Ming
- Bea Hayden as Nan Xiang
- Evonne Hsieh as Tang Wanru
- Cheney Chen as Zhou Chongguang
- Li Yueming as Jian Xi
- Jiang Chao as Xi Cheng
- Kitty Shang as Kitty
- Calvin Tu as Wei Hai
- Wang Lin as Ye Chuanping
- Ding Qiaowei as Yuan Yi
Release and reception
Box office
The film grossed US$79.7 million at the Chinese box office.[4]
Accolades
| Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| China Movie Channel Media Awards[5] | Best Feature | (tied) | |
| Best New Director | Guo Jingming | ||
| 9th Chinese American Film Festival | Golden Angel Award: Best Feature |
Original soundtrack
| Song Category | Song Name | Singer | Notes |
| Theme song | 我好想你 | Sodagreen | |
| Ending theme song | 回聲樂團 | Echo | |
| Soundtrack | 時間煮雨 | Yisa Yu | |
| 殘忍的纏綿 | Liu Xin | ||
| 萬物無邪 | Cheney Chen | ||
| 不再見 | |||
| 歲月縫花 | |||
| 雨 | Fu Mengni | ||
| 熱雪 | Vision Wei | ||
| Are you with me | Gao Kaiwei | ||
| 你讓星星發亮 | |||
| 不管發生什麼別放開我的手 | |||
| 停停停 | |||
| Go | Julia Wu | ||
| Love Come Undone | |||
| Auld Lang Syne | |||
| Whatever | |||
| Roller Coaster | Terence | ||
| Everything | |||
| Everybody Feel Like Dancing | |||
| 微光 | Sodagreen |
References
- ^ "Tiny Times 1.0 (2013)". imdb.com. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ^ "Tiny Times: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter
- ^ "Film Review: 'Tiny Times'". Variety. 2013-07-17.
- ^ Ma, Kevin (20 December 2013). "Personal Tailor sets China 2-D opening record". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "The 16th Shanghai International Film Festival 2013" (in Chinese). mtime.com. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
External links
- Tiny Times at IMDb