''The New Year's Eve of Old Lee'' () is a 2016 Chinese

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directed and produced by Gao Qushu and starring

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, Yan Ni, Rayza, and

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. It is based on the Taiwanese drama ''All Night on New Year's Eve'' () by Li Zongxi. The film picks up the story of a family of three generations has been reunited with students for the new year. The film premiered in China on February 1, 2016.

Cast

as Old Li, an empty nester who suffers

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. * Yan Ni as Li Yangduo, Old Li's daughter. * Rayza as Julie, the daughter of Li Yangduo and the granddaughter of Old Li. *

as Aaron, a university student, Julie's boyfriend. * Pan Binlong * Da Peng * Yu Hewei as a policeman * Lian Yiming as Zhu Heping *

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* Qi Xi * Huang Xiaolei as Sun Wukong *

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* Zhang Yi * Mai Hongmei * Chen Xiaoqing * Cecilia Boey *

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* Yuan Hong *

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* Wang Xiaoli * Song Xiaobao * Jing Gangshan * Vieven Liu *

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* Zhang Yibai * Zhu Hongjia * Zhang Li * Binzi * Sha Yi * Ma Jingwu * Ma Dehua * Zhang Yuxi * Gao Qunshu * Guan Zongxiang * Hu Ming * Li Yu * Chen Yuanyuan * Yu Yue * Bai Hongbiao *

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* Cao Weiyu * Han Qing * Liu Tianzuo * Cui Zige * Cheng Fangxu *

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* Mai Hongmei * Chen Xiaoqing * Yu Feihong *

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* Liu Xiaoguang

Soundtrack

Production

The film was shot entirely on location in suburban

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Release

''The New Year's Eve of Old Lee'' was released on February 1, 2016 in China.

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:New Year's Eve of Old Lee, The 2016 films Chinese comedy films Films shot in Beijing Films set in Beijing 2016 comedy films 2010s Mandarin-language films