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A Beautiful Life

2011 · 122 min

A tender, bittersweet romance that lingers on sacrifice and memory, moving slowly toward a tearful but hopeful resolution.

Directed by: Andrew Lau Wai-keung
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Liu Ye, Shu Qi, Tian Liang

Overview: Fang Zhen Dong is a patrolling officer in Beijing who one night meets the drunk Li Pei Ru while singing karaoke at the KTV place. Li Pei Ru is a real estate agent from Hong Kong who has vowed to make her fortune in the cosmoplitan Beijing, but is caught up in the complexities of life and ends up becoming a mistress of a married man.

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Directed by: Andrew Lau Wai-keung
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Liu Ye, Shu Qi, Tian Liang

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
grief
memory
redemption
family
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	7
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: romance, drama
Directed by: Andrew Lau Wai-keung
Written by: Theresa Tang Kit-Ming
Starring: Liu Ye, Shu Qi, Tian Liang, Feng Danying, Sa Rina, Zhang Songwen, Gao Tian, Andrew Lin
Music: Comfort Chan
Cinematography: Lai Yiu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-keung
Runtime: 122 min
Country: China, Hong Kong
Languages: Mandarin

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