I Love You (2002 film)

Infobox Chinese Film
name = I Love You


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caption =
director = Zhang Yuan
producer =
writer = Zhang Yuan
Wang Shuo
Xia Wei
narrator =
starring = Xu Jinglei
Tong Dawei
music = Zhang Yadong
cinematography = Zhang Jian
editing =
distributor = China:
Asia Union Film
International:
The Film Library
released = 2002
runtime = 97 min.
language = Mandarin Chinese
budget =
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followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:278622
imdb_id = 0342555
jianti = 我爱你
fanti = 我愛你
pinyin = Wǒ aì nǐ

"I Love You" is a 2002 [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.] 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".

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

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 2006.cite web|url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117919480.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|title=I Love You Review|author = Elley, Derek|publisher="Variety"|accessdate= 2007-09-18|date=2002-12-03] By November 2006, "I Love You" had grossed nearly 10 million RMB ($1.2m), thus making it Zhang's biggest commercial success. Internationally, the film has also done well, premiering at many major film festivals including Sundance, [cite web|url=http://www.filmfestivals.com/cgi-bin/fest_content/festivals.pl?debug=&channelbar=&lang=en&year=2003&fest=sundance2003&page=selections&partner=&text_id=23524|title=SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL (Park City)|publisher=FilmFestivals.com|accessdate=2007-09-19] Rotterdam,cite web|url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/awards_festivals/cannes/reviews/article_display.jsp?JSESSIONID=zGH1GQSQ1pJvLLnRlddYx2nJDpp8X4jSGy1X1GVY1qzGxXTMkyNt!179718506&&rid=1206|title= I Love You|author=Havis, Richard James|accessdate=2007-09-18|date=2003-03-06] Karlovy Vary, [cite web|url=http://www.kviff.com/en/film-archive-detail/20030071-i-love-you/|title=42nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - I Love You|publisher=Kalovy Vary International Film Festival|accessdate=2007-09-10] Deauville, [cite web|url=http://deauvilleasia.congres-deauville.com/historique_2003.htm|title=Festival du Film Asiatique de Deauville|publisher=Deauville Asia Film Festival|accessdate=2007-09-19] and Pusan.

Like his previous film, "Seventeen Years", Zhang Yuan's foray into mainstream movie making has been both praised and criticized. [cite web|url=http://www.thatsbj.com/blog/index.php/2003/02/01/feature_story_directors_dilemma|title=Feature Story: Directors’ Dilemma|author=Kuo, Kaiser|publisher="that's Beijing Magazine"|date=2003-03-02|accessdate=2007-09-19] While Derek Elley of "Variety" argues that the film represents a move towards "maturity,", 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.cite web|http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/awards_festivals/cannes/reviews/article_display.jsp?JSESSIONID=zGH1GQSQ1pJvLLnRlddYx2nJDpp8X4jSGy1X1GVY1qzGxXTMkyNt!179718506&&rid=1206|publisher= "The Hollywood Reporter" | author=Havis, Richard James|accessdate=2007-09-18|date=2003-03-06]

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0342555|title=I Love You
*amg title|id=1:278622|title=I Love You
*rotten-tomatoes|id=10002346-i_love_yo|title=I Love You
* [http://www.dianying.com/en/title/wan2003 "I Love You"] at the Chinese Movie Database