Screening invitation for hit Chinese film, Waiting Alone
- March 20, 10am, HKCEC, Meeting Room 407

Arclight Films is excited to announce that we have recently acquired the film that rocked audiences in China in 2005, becoming one of the biggest hits and the most talked about releases in the country's history: Waiting Alone, by hot young Chinese-American writer/director Dayyan Eng, who previously directed Bus 44 which premiered and won awards at the Venice Film festival in 2001, Sundance Film Festival in 2002 and was invited to Director's Fortnight in Cannes the same year.

Waiting Alone was nominated for three awards, including “BEST PICTURE”, at the 2005 Chinese Academy Awards (Golden Rooster Awards) -- The first ever by a foreign director, and the only first-feature and the only indie film in category!

Set in Beijing, the film is a window into modern Chinese youth culture. Waiting Alone is a coming-of-age tale which tells the first-person-narrative story of Wen (Xia Yu), an antique shop co-owner and an aspiring author who feels that he's met the perfect girl (Li Bingbing). But no matter how close he and the girl become, he just doesn't understand why she won't fall for him. Aided by his best friends and the one girl he completely trusts (Gong Beibi), he tries different ways to woo her, playing along within the “rules of the game”... Writer/Director/Producer: Dayyan Eng Cast: Li Bingbing, Xia Yu, Gong Beibi Executive Producer: Cheryl Harper Production Company: Colordance Pictures VIEW ENGLISH TEASER TRAILER VIEW FULL CHINESE TRAILER CLICK TO VISIT OFFICIAL SITE

"Waiting Alone provides honest laughter and touching moments as it invades the modern romantic comedy turf of Woody Allen and Nora Ephron. … All thesps show good comic timing, and Xia [Yu] is especially good as the lovelorn Chen and Gong Beibi also impresses as [Jing]... will leave the cinema with a joyous bang."
-- Variety

"Waiting Alone brings a uniquely new style and approach to Chinese cinema; it is one that cannot be found in past Chinese films. …Eng is a strong and unique new talent in Chinese cinema."
-- Film World Magazine

Please contact us for further information during Filmart at Stand H21, and we look forward to seeing you at the screening on March 20, 10am at the HKCEC, meeting room 407!