Waiting Alone (2004)
"Du zi deng dai" (original title)

Set in modern day Bejing, Waiting Alone is a coming-of-age story of Wen (Xia Yu), an antique shop owner and aspiring author who has just met the girl of his dreams. Waiting Alone shows us a... See full summary »

Director:

Dayyan Eng

Writer:

Dayyan Eng

Stars:

Yu Xia, Bingbing Li, Beibi Gong

2 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Yu Xia	...	Chen Wen
Bingbing Li	...	Liu Rong
Beibi Gong	...	Li Jing
Qi Gao	...	Haitao
Chao Wu	...	San
Yalin Gao	...	Li Liang
Songyan Tu	...	Sun Zi
Dayyan Eng	...	Ian
Lihong Li	...	Zhang Lin
Xiaopei Song	...	Liu Na
He Huang	...	Da Ming
Qing Zhao	...	Library Guard
Xiaolong Guo	...	San's Friend
Ting Sun	...	Leonardo
Xiaoge Feng	...	Wen's Brother

Storyline

Set in modern day Bejing, Waiting Alone is a coming-of-age story of Wen (Xia Yu), an antique shop owner and aspiring author who has just met the girl of his dreams. Waiting Alone shows us a China rarely seen in cinema, a China that is contemporary, hip and vibrant.

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Plot Keywords:

coming of age | urban | friend

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Colordance Pictures [us]

Country:

China

Language:

Mandarin

Release Date:

8 September 2005 (China)

Also Known As:

Waiting Alone

Filming Locations:

Beijing, China

Company Credits

Production Co:

Colordance Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

First film by a foreign director (Dayyan Eng) to be nominated for a "Best Picture" at the Chinese academy awards (2005).

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Connections

Spoofs Say Anything... (1989)

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Soundtracks

"Waiting Alone"
(theme song)
Performed by Beibi Gong
Songwriter Yufan Chen

User Reviews

Great Movie, The one you should not miss

Great Movie. I think it is the best Chinese Movie in the recent years. With the combination of interesting story, good actors and the most important, one talented director, this movie expressed some thoughts that are rare in Chinese Movies.

I have never heard the director before, but definitely, he is a genius. In this film, you can feel the vivid happiness and pain from the very love of the man named Wenzi. And some pictures and scenes remind me of the movie Amelie, especially the scene of the painted flowers dancing on the wall of Wenzi's house.

This is one great movie, and hope the director can produce more and more movies in the near future.