You Deserved to Be Single (Chinese: 活该你单身; pinyin: Huógāi Nǐ Dānshēn) or Huogai Ni Danshen is a 2010 Chinese film directed by Chinese female director Cai Xin who co-wrote the screenplay also.
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Directed by | Cai Xin |
Written by | Liu Yi Cai Xin |
Produced by | Li Pei Sen |
Starring | Ruby Lin Gao Fei Mike He David Wu |
Cinematography | Di Kun |
Edited by | Yang Ye, Jiang Yan Ming |
Music by | A Yan, Lui Qin |
Production companies | Beijing Golden Harvest Entertainment Co. Ltd Star Shining TV & Art Co. Ltd |
Distributed by | Golden Harvest China Film |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | China |
Language | Mandarin |
The cast of this film is extremely diverse. It stars Taiwanese actress Ruby Lin, Chinese actress Gao Fei, idol actor Mike He and Taiwanese-American actor David Wu. Special guest casts include China pop group "Shuimu Nianhua" member Luke(Lu Gengxu), Hong Kong actress Angie Chiu and so on. It received mixed reviews with critics focusing on their praise on actor Mike He and Ruby Lin.[1]
The film centres around three contemporary urban couples who are involved in what has been described as a romantic Infernal Affairs-Esquire chess game.[2]
A pair of brother and sister - Li Zheng (played by Mike He) and Li Ying (played by Gao Fei) one happened to be a love detective and the other a love expert, when affluent businessman Xiao Feng turns up, requesting the agency test the waters with his bride-to-be, pretty psychiatrist Fei. Li Ying is immediately overwhelmed, seeing Xiao Feng as a potential catch rather than a customer.
China Movie Channel Media Awards