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Actress Guan Xiaotong attends the Beijing premiere of her latest film Oversize Love.[Photo provided to China Daily] |
Will being overweight become an obstacle from finding true love? Oversize Love, a new fantasy comedy romance starring actress Guan Xiaotong and actor Huang Jingyu, will probably help audience to find the answer.
Set to open across Chinese mainland on Oct 30, the film casts actress Guan Xiaotong, who has previously appeared in films and TV dramas mostly as a slim, beautiful woman, as a shy photography studio worker who weighs 85 kilograms.
After bumping into Darren Chen, played by handsome actor Huang, the character falls in love with him, eagerly going all out to lose weight in order to win the star's heart. Unfortunately, she fails in all tries.
A mysterious rabbit shows up, leading her to a magical building with the interior decoration easily reminiscent of that written in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. A wizard gives the protagonist a bottle of magical water to help her quickly, yet temporarily, transform into a slender beauty and thus garner attention from the star. However, the story twists to a somewhat thought-provoking surprise.
Aside from Guan and Chen, actor Huang Jingyu – best known for Operation Red Sea, the highest-grossing blockbuster in 2018 – portrays the leading male role, a songwriter who has grown up with the protagonist overweight woman.
The film held a premiere in a downtown Beijing theater on Oct 27, gathering the major cast members and director Zhang Linzi.
Zhang said Guan used a special makeup to make her look fat for nearly six hours every day when the film was shot in Xiamen, capital city of East China's Fujian province.
Despite the actress having to struggle with the wet and hot summer in the island city, she worked hard with a high spirit during the entire shooting, added Zhang.
The premiere in Chinese capital also drew some overweight audience, with most of them saying the film has raised awareness to reduce discrimination against the overweight population.
"I believe that keeping healthy and happy is more important than caring about gossips of your look. The women who have strong confidence are the most beautiful people from my point of view," said Guan during the event.
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The 15th Chinese Film Festival in Bangkok and the 2020 China-Thailand Film Exchange Week opens at the China Cultural Center in Bangkok on Oct 25, 2020. [Photo provided to Chinaculture.org] |
On Oct 25, the opening ceremony of the 15th Chinese Film Festival in Bangkok and the 2020 China-Thailand Film Exchange Week was held at the China Cultural Center in Bangkok. The event was hosted by the China Cultural Center in Bangkok and received strong support from the Chinese Embassy in Thailand and the Thai Ministry of Culture.
The COVID-19 pandemic doesn't impede the enthusiasm for cultural exchange between China and Thailand. This film festival uses live broadcast to present the opening ceremony and host the "China-Thailand Film Exchange and Cooperation Online Seminar". During the film festival, audiences can use the online platform of the China Cultural Center in Bangkok to watch films online, which greatly increases the global reach of the festival.
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Gu Hongxing, director of the China Cultural Center in Bangkok and China Tourism Office in Bangkok, speaks at the opening ceremony. [Photo provided to Chinaculture.org] |
Gu Hongxing, director of Bangkok's China Cultural Center and China Tourism Office, said film can not only introduce one's national culture, but also reflect unique social landscapes. Film has become an important part of cultural exchange between countries and enhance mutual understanding among people around the world.
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Yang Xin, Chargé d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Thailand, speaks at the opening ceremony. [Photo provided to Chinaculture.org] |
Yang Xin, Chargé d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Thailand, said since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Thailand 45 years ago, the mutual trust between the two countries has continued to deepen, economic and trade cooperation has expanded, cultural exchanges have become closer, and all-around cooperation has achieved fruitful results. Both China and Thailand have a vast film market. As a traditional project of cultural exchanges between China and Thailand, the Bangkok Chinese Film Festival has laid a solid foundation for film cooperation between the two countries for 15 years and will add new drive to the promotion of cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and Thailand.
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Itthiphol Kunplome, Thailand's minister of culture, speaks at the opening ceremony. [Photo provided to Chinaculture.org] |
Thailand's Minister of Culture Itthiphol Kunplome said in his speech the governments and people of Thailand and China have been in constant exchange. Cooperation in various fields has developed steadily, and the film festival is another important event to further promote cultural exchanges between the two countries. The people of the two countries can promote their understanding of the cultures of both sides through films, and promote friendly relations and cooperation in other perspectives.
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