Us and Them

Us and Them (2018)

后来的我们

Ten years ago, on a train home during the busy Spring Festival travel period, fate brings Xiaoxiao and Jianqing together. Like many young couples, they meet, fall in love, and strive to make it work, but eventually, the harsh realities of life make them drift apart. Ten years later, they run into each other again. Will they make the most of this second chance and rekindle what they once lost?

Date of release
2018-04-28
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (181)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
René Liu

Casting

Interesting facts

Us and Them is a 2018 Chinese romantic drama film directed by Taiwanese singer-actress Rene Liu in her directorial debut and produced by Zhang Yibai. The film stars Jing Boran and Zhou Dongyu, and was released on April 28, 2018. The film explores the relationship between a man and a woman who share the same rural hometown and try to find personal and professional fulfillments together in Beijing in the face of economic, social, familial, and romantic adversity.

Production

The script was created by Zhang Biyai based on a short story Home for Chinese New Year. Jing Boran claims to have first read the script "by accident and immediately fell in love with it. Then I met René and we talked about my views on the script and my ideas. We found that we agreed with each other, and therefore I decided to take up the role."

The film was shot in Hailar, one of China's coldest places, in winter 2017. Liu remarked that shooting scenes in minus 40 degrees Celsius weather was painfully cold.

Taihai Publishing released a 288-page book by the director and her thoughts throughout the production, including on-set photography.

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