Tiny Times
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| Directed by | Guo Jingming |
| Produced by | Li Li An Xiaofen Adam Tsuei Zhou Qiang Angie Chai |
| Written by | Guo Jingming |
| Screenplay by | Guo Jingming |
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Tiny Times 1.0 by Guo Jingming |
| Starring |
Yang Mi Ko Chen-tung Amber Kuo Rhydian Vaughan Hayden Kuo Xie Yilin Chen Xuedong |
| Music by | Hou Zhijian |
| Cinematography | Randy Che |
| Edited by | Gu Xiaoyun |
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Production
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He Li Chen Guang Media
EE-Media Star Ritz Prods. H&R Century Pictures Beijing Forbidden City Film Le Vision Pictures (Tianjin) Le Vision Pictures Shenzhen Desen Intl. Media Amazing Film Studio Comic Ritz Film & TV Culture Mission Media Investment |
| Distributed by | China Film Group Cooperation (China) Dasheng International Media (China) Le Vision Pictures Co. (China) |
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Running time
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115 minutes |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Budget | ¥45 million (estimated) |
| Box office | ¥484 million (US$79.7 million) |
Tiny Times (Chinese: 小时代), also known as Tiny Times 1.0 is a 2013 Chinese romance drama film written and directed by Guo Jingming and based on the best-selling novel of the same name also by Guo. The story follows the film's narrator and protagonist Lin Xiao, played by Yang Mi, along with her best friends Gu Li, Nan Xiang, Tang Wanru, as they navigate between relationships, work and friendship in Shanghai.
The film received mostly negative reviews from Chinese film critics, although it was a commercial success. A sequel titled Tiny Times 2, which was filmed together with the first film and based on the second half of the novel, was released on August 8, 2013. Tiny Times 3, the third installment of the Tiny Times franchise was released on July 17, 2014. Tiny Times 4, the fourth and last film of the series, was released on July 9, 2015.
The film is based on the first half of Tiny Times 1.0, the first novel in Guo's Tiny Times series. It depicts the friendship among four young women (Lin Xiao, Gu Li, Nan Xiang, and Tang Wanru), from Lin Xiao’s perspective, in Shanghai, and illustrates the transformation of their philosophies. The four young women are classmates in high school and roommates in college. On campus, they start their internships and cope with a series of romantic affairs. After graduation, they continue their correspondence, suffused with misunderstanding and jealousy. However, they have all changed significantly.
The film grossed US$79.7 million at the Chinese box office.
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