Waiting Alone (Romantic Comedy / Completed)

Set in Beijing, the film is a window into modern Chinese youth culture.

WAITING ALONE is a coming-of-age tale which tells the first-person-narrative story of Wen (Xia Yu), an antique shop co-owner and an aspiring author, who feels that he's met the perfect girl (Li Bingbing), but no matter how close he and the girl become, he just doesn't understand why she won't fall for him.

Aided by his best friends and the one girl he completely trusts (Gong Beibi), he tries different ways to woo her, playing along within the "rules of the game"…

Cast: Xia Yu, Gong Beibi, Li Bingbing (Credits may not be contractual)

Writer / Director / Producer: Dayyan Eng

Executive Producer: Cheryl Harper

Production Company: Colordance Pictures

Winner of "Best First Feature" and "Best Actor" awards at 2005 Beijing Film Festival

Nominated for "Best Picture", "Best Actress" and "Best Art Direction" at 2005 Chinese Academy Awards

Official Selection at the 17th Tokyo International Film Festival

Variety:

"WAITING ALONE provides honest laughter and touching moments as it invades the modern romantic comedy turf of Woody Allen and Nora Ephron... All thesps show good comic timing, and Xia [Yu] is especially good as the lovelorn Chen and Gong Beibi also impresses as [Jing]... will leave the cinema with a joyous bang."

New Cinema Magazine:

"The funniest Chinese-language film of 2005!"

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