| Love of May | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Traditional Chinese | 五月之戀 |
| Simplified Chinese | 五月之恋 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wǔ Yuè Zhī Liàn |
| Directed by | Hsu Hsiao-ming |
| Produced by | Peggy Chiao Hsu Hsiao-ming Tian Zhuangzhuang |
| Starring | Bolin Chen Liu Yifei |
| Edited by | Liao Ching-Song |
| Music by | Mayday |
| Distributed by | Arc Light Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Language | Mandarin |
Love of May (Chinese: 五月之戀; pinyin: Wǔyuè Zhīliàn) is a 2004 Taiwanese film directed by Hsu Hsiao-ming and starring Bolin Chen and Liu Yifei. The film was inspired by Mayday, a famous rock band from Taiwan. It tells about the love story of Ah Lei, an administrator of Mayday's fansite, and Zhao Xuan, a fangirl of Mayday, who met and fell in love with each other through a lie.[1][2][3]
Plot
Ah Lei (Bolin Chen) is the younger brother of Stone, a guitarist of Mayday. He is also the administrator of Mayday's fansite, in charge of replying to fan letters and emails. One day, he befriended a girl named Zhao Xuan (Liu Yifei) through a chatroom. He told her that he's actually Ashin, the lead vocal of Mayday. She started writing letters to him, believing that he was Ashin. Finally, Xuan's peking opera group from school gets to leave Harbin and travel to Taiwan to perform. The two promised to meet in a library, but Ah Lei didn't have the courage to meet up with her. He decides to follow her around, but did not expect that she followed him back, and that she saw through his lies all along.[4][5][6]
Cast
- Bolin Chen as Ah Lei
- Liu Yifei as Zhao Xuan
- Tien Feng as Zhao Geng-sheng
- Mayday as themselves
Production
Release
Box Office
- Love of May earned 0.46 million New Taiwan dollars on its opening week at Taiwan.[12]
- Love of May earned 1.16 million New Taiwan dollars at Taipei.[13]
References
- ↑ "LOVE OF MAY a film by :Hsu Hsiao-Ming". Pyramide Films.
- 1 2 "Love connects across the Taiwan-`Love of May' is another step for Taiwanese film away from intellectual art-house fare and toward the safety of feel-good romances Strait". Taipei Times. 9 July 2004.
Taiwan Release: July 16
- 1 2 "《五月之恋》五城市上映 田壮壮监制走青春路线". sina (in Chinese). Chongqing Evening News. 30 July 2004.
- ↑ 吳, 娟寧 (2005). "《五月之恋》动人心弦！一部情牵两岸的美丽青春电影" (PDF). 公視之友 (in Chinese) (80): 8.
- ↑ "陈柏霖刘亦菲《五月之恋》". sina (in Chinese). CCTV-6. 25 August 2006.
- ↑ "《五月之恋》七月"谈"". sina (in Chinese). Beijing Evening News. 30 June 2004.
- ↑ "刘若英做媒 "五月天"上演《五月之恋》" (in Chinese). Sina Entertainment. 27 October 2003.
这一策划中的另一作品《五月之恋》已于十月十八日正式开拍
- ↑ "Hsu's latest joins 'Changing China' series". Screen Daily. 19 May 2003.
- ↑ "爱在那个季节 "五月的雪，五月的恋爱"". sina (in Chinese). 南方网. 16 July 2004.
在《五月之恋》中，拍摄的场景也是相当考究的部分，因为从台北到三义到大陆的哈尔滨，从台湾的田园风景和城市景致到北方冰天雪地零下20度的美丽雪景
- ↑ "《五月之恋》感伤青春". chinawriter (in Chinese). 4 September 2004.
《五月之恋》除了捕捉了台北市的景致之外，还有苗栗三义的田园风景
- ↑ "陈柏霖刘亦菲亮相《五月之恋》上海宣传" (in Chinese). Sina Entertainment. 31 July 2004.
- ↑ "《五月之戀》票房平平" (in Chinese). Apple Daily. 20 July 2004.
- ↑ Zhou, Xuelin (2016). Youth Culture in Chinese Language Film (Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia). Routledge. p. 30. ISBN 1138678066.
External links
- Love of May at IMDb