''A Singing Fairy'' is a 2010 Chinese
romantic comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...
film directed by Zhu Feng and produced by Peng Gang and Zheng Jinhao, starring
Alec Su
Alec Su You-peng (born 11 September 1973) is a Taiwanese actor, singer, television producer, and film director.
Su became a popular teen idol in the 1980s as a member of the boyband ''Xiao Hu Dui''. He was known as the "Obedient Tiger" (乖乖 ...
,
Eva Huang
Huang Shengyi (, born February 11, 1983), also known as Eva Huang, is a Chinese actress and singer.
Early life and education
Huang was born and raised in Shanghai. Her father was educated in the United States and lived there in the early 1990s, wh ...
,
Wei Zongwan
Wei Zongwan (; born 24 November 1938) is a Chinese actor. He has been acting since the 1980s and has appeared in over 70 films and television shows.
He has won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in '' San Mao Joins t ...
,
Ariel Aisin-Gioro
Ariel Aisin-Gioro (; born 23 December 1983) is a Chinese actress of Manchu ethnicity, remotely related to the ruling clan of the former Qing imperial dynasty, the Aisin-Gioro clan.
She is noted for her roles as Gesang Meiduo and Jin Xiaohui i ...
, and Che Yongli. It based on the story of the classic Chinese figure
Liu Sanjie
Liu Sanjie () was a Chinese folk music singer, who is the Liu family's third daughter, with an original name of Liu Shanhua. Liu is a legendary figure of Zhuang people in Guangxi and her songs were melodious and touching, therefore she was dub ...
. ''A Singing Fairy'' was first released in China on 30 April 2010.
Plot
It tells the story of the
Chinese-American
Chinese Americans are Americans of Han Chinese ancestry. Chinese Americans constitute a subgroup of East Asian Americans which also constitute a subgroup of Asian Americans. Many Chinese Americans along with their ancestors trace lineage from m ...
musician Wei Wende and a Chinese ethnic minority women Liu Tiantian's marriage.
Cast
*
Alec Su
Alec Su You-peng (born 11 September 1973) is a Taiwanese actor, singer, television producer, and film director.
Su became a popular teen idol in the 1980s as a member of the boyband ''Xiao Hu Dui''. He was known as the "Obedient Tiger" (乖乖 ...
as Wei Wende, a
Chinese-American
Chinese Americans are Americans of Han Chinese ancestry. Chinese Americans constitute a subgroup of East Asian Americans which also constitute a subgroup of Asian Americans. Many Chinese Americans along with their ancestors trace lineage from m ...
musician who fell in love with Liu Tiantian.
*
Eva Huang
Huang Shengyi (, born February 11, 1983), also known as Eva Huang, is a Chinese actress and singer.
Early life and education
Huang was born and raised in Shanghai. Her father was educated in the United States and lived there in the early 1990s, wh ...
as Liu Tiantian, a Chinese ethnic minority women.
*
Wei Zongwan
Wei Zongwan (; born 24 November 1938) is a Chinese actor. He has been acting since the 1980s and has appeared in over 70 films and television shows.
He has won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in '' San Mao Joins t ...
as Lao Mo.
*
Ariel Aisin-Gioro
Ariel Aisin-Gioro (; born 23 December 1983) is a Chinese actress of Manchu ethnicity, remotely related to the ruling clan of the former Qing imperial dynasty, the Aisin-Gioro clan.
She is noted for her roles as Gesang Meiduo and Jin Xiaohui i ...
as A Juan.
* Che Yongli as A Mei, the tour guide.
* Qian Liuyin as A Yan.
* Guan Zongxiang as Wei Wende's grandpa.
* Guo Le as A Li.
* Chen Jing as A Juan's grandpa.
* Calvin Sun as A Liang.
Music
*
Alec Su
Alec Su You-peng (born 11 September 1973) is a Taiwanese actor, singer, television producer, and film director.
Su became a popular teen idol in the 1980s as a member of the boyband ''Xiao Hu Dui''. He was known as the "Obedient Tiger" (乖乖 ...
,
Eva Huang
Huang Shengyi (, born February 11, 1983), also known as Eva Huang, is a Chinese actress and singer.
Early life and education
Huang was born and raised in Shanghai. Her father was educated in the United States and lived there in the early 1990s, wh ...
- ''A Singing Fairy''
Production
The movie was filmed in
Guilin
Guilin ( Standard Zhuang: ''Gveilinz''; alternatively romanized as Kweilin) is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is situated on the west bank of the Li River and borders Hunan to the nort ...
,
Yizhou, and
Luocheng.
Released
The film premiered in
Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
on 24 April 2010.
The film was a box-office and critical dud.
References
2010 films
Films set in Guangxi
Films shot in Guangxi
Chinese romantic comedy films
2010 romantic comedy films
2010s Mandarin-language films
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