Cast

• Zhao Wei
  Zhao Wei
  Zhao Wei is a mainland Chinese film actress and pop singer. Audiences sometimes refer to her by her English name, Vicki Zhao...
  
   ... Qu Ran
• Lu Yi
  Lu Yi (actor)
  Lu Yi is a Chinese film and television actor.He graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1999.Lu has appeared in more than one dozen films including the part of Han Shibang, one of the seven heroes, in the wuxia film Seven Swords directed by Tsui Hark.-TV series:*Field of Dreams...
  
   ... Hou Jia
• Song Xiaoying ... Hou Jia's mother
• Zhang Qian... Quran's father

Reception

• Succulently lensed yarn about two childhood friends who finally get together well into adulthood is fairly standard Asian romantic fare—given luster (and an emotional wallop in the final scene) purely by Zhao's gamine personality. Tailored for, and released around, Valentine's Day in China—now an established marketing hook—pic will be savored best at Asiaphile events. -- Variety

• No doubt the most provoking formal element is Huo’s amazing imagery. Huo’s camera skilfully offers a variety of camera angles and compositions that make almost every image in the film easily frame-able. Similar to Christopher Doyle’s cinematography style, Hou’s colours are rich, his textures are emphasized and his mise-en-scene is intelligently used to provide frames....Chinese pop idols Vicki Zhao Wei and Lu Yi give exceptional performances, at times carrying the film during slower plot moments. Their emotions seem genuine and their dynamics as an onscreen couple are stunning. Vicki Zhao has a rare ability to emote the most succinct of feelings without making them too overtly dramatic, which again reinforces the subtle touch that the film cleverly displays through its imagery. Surely though, if you don’t enjoy their acting, then both Vicki Zhao Wei and Lu Yi provide enough eye-candy to keep the strictest of film critics satiated for the film’s 115 minutes running time. -- Heroic-Cinema.com
• Without a doubt, Vicki Zhao is the star of the film, and demonstrates that she can carry a movie when afforded the opportunity. She exhibits equal parts subtlety and innocence, and is the main reason the film works as well as it does. Yi Lu is average as the male lead, and pales in direct comparison to Zhao when it comes to screen presence. And while the parent characters are one-note caricatures, the blame should go to the screenwriters for not fleshing out any of the film’s secondary characters. -- Beyond Hollywood

Awards

• 8th Shanghai International Film Festival (2005
  2005 in film
  - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...
  
  )
  • Golden Cup, Best Actress — Zhao Wei
    Zhao Wei
    Zhao Wei is a mainland Chinese film actress and pop singer. Audiences sometimes refer to her by her English name, Vicki Zhao...
    
    
• 11th Huabiao Film Awards (2005)
  • Outstanding Actress — Zhao Wei
    Zhao Wei
    Zhao Wei is a mainland Chinese film actress and pop singer. Audiences sometimes refer to her by her English name, Vicki Zhao...
    
    
• 8th China Changchun Film Festival
  Changchun Film Festival
  The Changchun Film Festival is a biennial international film festival held in the Chinese city of Changchun. Ostensibly international, its award for best film, the Golden Deer has nevertheless primarily been awarded to Chinese and other East Asia-region films...
  
   (2006
  2006 in film
  - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...
  
  )
  • Best Actress in a Leading Role — Zhao Wei
    Zhao Wei
    Zhao Wei is a mainland Chinese film actress and pop singer. Audiences sometimes refer to her by her English name, Vicki Zhao...
    
    ,
  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role — Song Xiaoying

Nominations

• 8th Shanghai International Film Festival (2005
  2005 in film
  - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...
  
  )
  • Golden Cup, Best Film
• 11th Huabiao Film Awards (2005) :
  • Outstanding Picture
• 8th China Changchun Film Festival
  Changchun Film Festival
  The Changchun Film Festival is a biennial international film festival held in the Chinese city of Changchun. Ostensibly international, its award for best film, the Golden Deer has nevertheless primarily been awarded to Chinese and other East Asia-region films...
  
   (2006
  2006 in film
  - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...
  
  )
  • Golden Deer
  • Best Director — Huo Jianqi
    Huo Jianqi
    Huo Jianqi is a Chinese film director. Like the cinematographer turned director Gu Changwei, Huo Jianqi began his cinematic career in the art department...
    
    
  • Best Actor in a Leading Role — Lu Yi
    Lu Yi (actor)
    Lu Yi is a Chinese film and television actor.He graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1999.Lu has appeared in more than one dozen films including the part of Han Shibang, one of the seven heroes, in the wuxia film Seven Swords directed by Tsui Hark.-TV series:*Field of Dreams...
    
    
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role — Zhang Qian
  • Best Cinematography — Sun Ming
• 25th Golden Rooster Awards
  Golden Rooster Awards
  China Golden Rooster Film Festival also known as Golden Rooster Awards are the most prestigious awards in film given in mainland China, equivalent the China's Academy Awards. The awards are given annually, beginning in 1981. The name of the award came from the year of the Rooster in 1981...
  
  (2005)
  • Best Supporting Actress — Song Xiaoying
  • Best Cinematography — Sun Ming
  • Best Art Direction — Cui Ren