''Myth of Love'' ( zh, 爱情神话) is a 2021 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 ...

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

film, written and directed by

Shao Yihui Shao (; Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation, Cantonese Romanisation: Shiu; Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shaw) is a common List of common Chinese surnames, Chinese family name. It is the 86th most populous family name in China. It corresponds to last nam ...

, produced by Xu Zheng, and starring Xu,

Ma Yili Ma Yili (, born 29 June 1976) is a Chinese actress. Ma ranked 42nd on ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 list in 2019. Early life Ma was born in Hongkou District, Shanghai on June 29, 1976, with her ancestral home in Rudong County, Nantong, Jiangsu. ...

, Wu Yue, , and . The film was released in China on December 24, 2021. It attracted local attention because of its subject matter, a romantic comedy with middle aged adults as protagonists, and because of its rarity as a contemporary

Shanghainese The Shanghainese language, also known as the Shanghai dialect, or Hu language, is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in the Districts of Shanghai, central districts of the Shanghai, City of Shanghai and its surrounding areas. It is classified as ...

-language film.

Plot

The film tells the story of three women in Shanghai, Miss Li (played by Ma Yili), Beibei (played by Wu Yue), Gloria (played by Ni Hongjie) and their relationship with Lao Bai (played by Xu Zheng).

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* * * {{IMDb title, tt16606348 Films set in Shanghai Shanghainese-language films Chinese drama films 2021 romantic drama films