Run for Love

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Run for Love
Runforlove.jpg
Official poster
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu Pinyin Bēn Ài
Directed by
Story by Megan Tay
Produced byXu Wen
Starring Ece Aydın
Production
companies
  • Beijing Wynn Culture & Media
  • Shannan Guangxian Pictures
  • Chuandi Guangnian Entertainment
  • Huayi Brothers
  • Shenzhen Huiye Goldstone Management Company
  • Wuhan Xinghao Film & Culture
  • Beijing Monster Pictures
  • Chengdu Zhiyou Culture Communication Company
  • Wang Yuelun Studio
  • Beijing Yixiang Tiankai Media
Release date
  • February 14, 2016 (2016-02-14)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

Run for Love is a 2016 Chinese romance anthology film directed by Zhang Yibai, Guan Hu, Zhang Meng, Teng Huatao, and Gao Qunshu, featuring five love stories respectively in Japan, United States, Norway, Turkey and Saipan. It was released in China on February 14, 2016.

Contents

Plot

Five different love stories pan out as five different couples run into something that will change their lives forever.

In “So Long, My Love,” Su Le Qi (Zhang Ziyi) arrives in Japan after reading about the country in her ex's letters. She meets apprentice chef Feng Yu Jian (Eddie Peng), who offers to show her around Hokkaido.

In “Homeward Journey,” couple Tang Jing (Liang Jing) and Zhou Hong Yi (Zhang Yi) are on a family tour in Turkey. While visiting Istanbul, they lose their five-year-old daughter in the gargantuan market of the Grand Bazaar. As they frantically search for their daughter, the true problems of their marriage come to light.

In “Nothing Like Romance,” Chicago resident Guan Yue (Wu Mo Chou) spends life with her American husband Lu Jie (Wang Qian Yuan), whom she married for a green card. When she finds out that she is on her last breaths, Guan Yue convinces Lu Hie to join her on a 2,300 mile drive along Route 66 to Los Angeles, on a journey that will forever change the couple.

In “Artificial Sunlight,” Nurse Lily (Michelle Chen) hasn't visited her homeland in five years. She accepts a nursing job at an old home in Rjukan, Norway. She also meets and develops feelings for local lawyer Andrews (Sebastian Stiger). When one of Lily's dying patients mentions that she just wants to see the sun in the perpetually dark Rjukan, Lily and Andrews decide to find a way to fulfill this final wish.

In “Stolen Heart,” actress Ye Lan (Tong Li Ya) lives in Saipan, a small island near Guam. She is repeatedly haunted by memories of a tragic event from her past. One day, she meets mysterious young woman named Bai Qie Zi (Zhou Dong Yu). Bai Qie Zi claims to know a lot about Ye Lan, and is more than a little interested in the actress. What follows is a blast from Ye Lan's past that she never expected.

Cast

Japan

Norway

Saipan

United States

Turkey

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