Desires of the Heart is a 2008 Chinese romantic comedy film directed and written by Ma Liwen, starring Vivian Wu, Ge You, Fan Bingbing, and Cong Shan.[1][2][3][4] The film was first released in China on 20 November 2008, and grossed over ¥20 million.
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| Traditional Chinese | 桃花運 |
| Simplified Chinese | 桃花运 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Táohuā Yùn |
| Directed by | Ma Liwen |
| Written by | Ma Liwen |
| Produced by | John Chong Henry Fong Stephen Lam Cheung Hong Tat Song Dai |
| Starring | Vivian Wu Ge You Fan Bingbing Cong Shan |
Production company | Sil-Metropole Organization Ltd. |
| Distributed by | Sil-Metropole Organization Ltd. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Box office | ¥20 million |
Cast
edit- Vivian Wu as Ye Shengying.
- Ge You as the swindler who cheats women.[5]
- Fan Bingbing as a woman with a pair of glasses who was cheated by the swindler.
- Cong Shan as a woman who was cheated by the swindler.
Other
edit- Chen Jin as a middle-aged women who was cheated by the swindler.
- Guo Tao as Zhang Su.
- Yuen Qiu as Gao Yajuan.
- Mei Ting as Zhang Ying.
- Geng Le as Zhao Da.
- Song Jia as Lin Cong.
- Li Chen as Guan Xiang.
- Li Xiaolu as Xiao Mei.
- Duan Yihong as Zong Yang.
- Liu Zhenyun as Wei Xiang, Ye Shengying's former husband.
- Baty Chen as Wei Xiang's lover.
- Li Na as Zhang Ying's girlfriend.
- Gao Fei as Zhang Ying's girlfriend.
Box office
editIt grossed ¥2 million on its first day,[6] and it grossed ¥20 million on its opening weekend.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Desires of the Heart (2008)".
- ^ "Desires of the Heart".
- ^ "Desires of the Heart".
- ^ ""Desires of the Heart" in promotion in Xi´an". Cultural China. 2008. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02.
- ^ "Ge You: 'Maybe I look like a liar'". China.org. 2009.
- ^ 11.23内地电影票房：《桃花运》大热北方. Sohu (in Chinese). 2008.
- ^ 《桃花运》票房破2000万打赢首轮"贺岁战". Sina (in Chinese). 2008.
External links
edit- Desires of the Heart at Douban (in Chinese)
- Desires of the Heart at Mtime.com (archived) (in Chinese)