Driverless (film)

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Driverless
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Traditional Chinese 無人駕駛
Simplified Chinese 无人驾驶
Hanyu Pinyin Wu Ren Jiashi
Directed by Zhang Yang
Written byZhang Chong
Produced by Han Sanping
Wang Biaoxia
Qin Hong
Starring Liu Ye
Ruby Lin
Gao Yuanyuan
Li Xiaoran
Wang Luodan
Chen Jianbin
Cinematography Cao Yu
Edited byYang Hong Yu
Xu HongYu
Music by Zhang Yadong
Production
companies
China Film Group
Stella Mega Film
Distributed byChina Film Group
Sohu.com Inc
Phoenix Television
Easternlight Films
Beijing M&Y Center Media
Release date
  • 2 July 2010 (2010-07-02)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

Driverless is a 2010 Chinese romance film directed by Zhang Yang and starring Liu Ye, Ruby Lin, Gao Yuanyuan, Li Xiaoran, Chen Jianbin and Wang Luodan. Director Zhang Yang says that this movie is an updated version of his 1997 film "Spicy Love Soup", and it presents love stories set in our current "material era". [1]

Contents

It is composed of three separate stories in modern society. The complicated relationships of the main characters in each story present "not beautiful but real life." [2]

Plot

Driverless is about three love stories that are intertwined by a car accident.

It deals with several relationship issues: the seven year itch, reuniting with a first love, one night stands, May–December romances, and extramarital affairs.

The director hoped to present love stories set in our current "materialistic era", and force audiences to consider what the standard is to measure love. "Should we be loyal to money, material things or our own hearts?" [3]

Storyline

Beijing, the present day. Struggling entrepreneur Zhixiong (Liu Ye) meets his first love Xiao Yun (Gao Yuanyuan) after a gap of 10 years when both are rival bidders for a contract; they have a one-night stand, and Zhixiong considers divorcing his wife Changqing (Li Xiaoran), but Xiao Yun is also in another relationship. Lonely deaf-mute teenager Li Xin (May Wang) spies on a womanising car racer, Lijia (Huang Xuan), and then starts spending time with him; each sees in the other something lacking in their own life.

Chauffeur Wang Yao (Chen Jianbin), who needs a large amount of money to pay for his wife's injuries in a car crash, meets wealthy businesswoman Wang Dan (Ruby Lin) by chance; she helps restore his self-confidence and invites him to invest in some shares which have been hotly tipped by another friend, Guo (You Yong), who saved her from suicide after a failed relationship. Over the course of time, these people's lives intersect and hidden connections are revealed. [4]

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References

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