New Chinese romantic comedy offers hope to 'leftover women'
"You need to be just as brave and feisty in your love life as your career life," suggested Jin, whose film arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday
For “leftover” single women in their 30s still looking for Mr Right, Chinese actress-writer-director Eva Jin said her new romantic comedy One Night Surprise sends out a positive message of love.
“You need to be just as brave and feisty in your love life as your career life,” suggested Jin, whose film arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday.
Eva Jin was sitting across me in a hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, accompanied by her good-looking American husband who speaks flawless Putonghua. Contrary to my earlier expectations of an award-winning high-flyer who socialises with stars like Fan Bingbing, Jin was down-to-earth and likable.
In fact , Jin said “down-to-earth” and “likable” are indeed the qualities of her lead character, “Michelle,” (Fan Bingbing) a 32-year-old Beijing highly-strung career woman on a mission to find love.
“This is a story of real people in a real China,” Jin said, “and I tell the story with my own style.”
Video: One Night Surprise arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday. Fan Di