''Forever Young'' is a 2018 Chinese epic

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written and directed by Li Fangfang. The film stars

Zhang Ziyi Zhang Ziyi (; ; born 9 February 1979) is a Chinese actress and model. She is regarded as one of the Four Dan Actresses of China. Her first major role was in '' The Road Home'' (1999). She later gained international recognition for her role in ...

Huang Xiaoming Huang Xiaoming or Mark Huang (, born 13 November 1977) is a Chinese actor, singer, and model. He graduated from the Performance Institute of the Beijing Film Academy in 2000. Huang first rose to prominence in 2001 for playing Emperor Wu of Han in ...

Chang Chen Chang Chen (born 14 October 1976) is a Taiwanese actor. He was born in Taipei, Taiwan. His father Chang Kuo-chu and his brother Hans Chang are also actors. Career Chang started his film career at a very young age. He was then selected by a Ta ...

Wang Leehom Wang Leehom (; born May 17, 1976), sometimes credited as Leehom Wang, is an American singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and film director. Formally trained at Eastman School of Music, Williams College and Berklee College of Music, his music i ...

and

Chen Chusheng Chen Chusheng (born July 25, 1981) is a Chinese singer. Early life Chen was born in Sanya, Hainan. His family is originally from Puning, Guangdong. Since childhood, he has developed interests in the guitar and singing. He is also good at "bo ...

. The film is about four generations of

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graduates, spanning a hundred years of modern Chinese history since

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, from the 1920s, the 1940s, the 1960s till nowadays, and how no matter how time changes, there are always people who insist on their dreams. The film entered production in early 2012, with

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concluding in the same year. Filming locations include

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and

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. It was released on January 12, 2018. With over US$118 million box office, ''Forever Young'' received the largest box office ticket sales of January 2018 in

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. The movie was critically acclaimed and both

and

won Best Actress and Best Actor respectively at the 2018

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Cast

as Wang Minjia *

as Chen Peng *

as Zhang Guoguo *

as Shen Guangyao *

as Wu Jinglan *

Zu Feng Zu Feng (; born 23 February 1974) is a Chinese actor and director. Zu first attracted attention in 2008 for his role as Li Ya in the successful TV drama '' Lurk''. He has earned and been nominated for numerous awards during his career, includi ...

Mei Yiqi Mei Yiqi or Mei Yi-chi (; 29 December 1889 – 19 May 1962), courtesy name Yuehan (), was a Chinese politician, physicist and educator, who served two separate terms as Ministry of Education of the Republic of China, from 1948 to 1949 and from 19 ...

Russell Wong Russell Wong (; born March 1, 1963) is an American actor of film and television. He was one of the first actors of Chinese descent to hold a leading role in a primetime American television series, portraying Jian-Wa with Chi Muoi Lo portraying W ...

as General * Paul Philip Clark as US Airman * Han Tongsheng as Robert *

Yao Chen Yao Chen (, born 5 October 1979) is a Chinese actress and philanthropist. In 2014, ''Time'' named Yao as one of the most influential people on their ''Time 100'' list. As of 2014, she is listed as the 83rd most powerful woman in the world by '' ...

Michelle Yim Michelle Yim Wai-ling (; born September 2, 1955), better known by her stage name ''Mai Suet'' (), is a Hong Kong actress and elder sister of former actress Sidney Yim Wai-ming also known by stage name ''Suet Lei'' (). She graduated from St. Rose ...

as Shen Guangyao's mother * Jonathan Wu * Tie Zheng as Li Xiang *

Wu Jinyan Wu Jinyan (, born August 16, 1990) is a Chinese actress. She is best known for her roles in television series ''Beauties at the Crossfire'' (2013), '' Story of Yanxi Palace'' (2018) and ''The Legend of Haolan'' (2019). Early life and educatio ...

Lin Huiyin Lin Huiyin (; known as Phyllis Lin or Lin Whei-yin when in the United States; 10 June 1904 – 1 April 1955) was a Chinese architect and writer. She is known to be the first female architect in modern China and her husband the famed "Father of M ...

* Huang Wei as Zhou Shulun

Theme songs

*"Wu Wen" (无问) by Mao Buyi *"Wu Wen Xi Dong" (无问西东) by

Faye Wong Faye Wong ( zh, 王菲; born Xia Lin on 8 August 1969) is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter. Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong. Born in Beijing, she moved to Hong Kong in 1987 and her debut album '' Shirley Wong'' ( ...

Production

Production started in 2011 and ended in 2012. The film was originally shot to commemorate the 100th anniversary of

in 2011, with a budget of over 100 million yuan. The film was slated for release at the end of 2014 but was postponed to 2018.

References

External links

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