TAKESHI KANESHIRO
ZHOU XUN
JACKY CHEUNG
JI JIN-HEE
A PETER CHAN FILM
Executive Producer: Hui Yuet-jun
Artistic Director: Yee Chung Man
Original Music and Songs by: Peter Kam, Leon Ko
Dance Choreographer: Farah Khan
Editing: Wenders Li, Kwong Chi-leung
Director of Cinematography: Peter Pau
Screenplay by: Lam Oi-wah, To Kwok-wei
Our lives are like a film.
And each of us is its protagonist.
Sometimes, we assume we're also
the lead actor in someone else's film,
Executive Producers: Andre Morgan, Peter Chan
when we're merely a supporting one.
We may only appear in one shot.
Or perhaps our scenes have
already been edited out.
And, we don't even know it.
Take for example the mother and daughter here.
The girl will definitely become
the leading role in her mother's life.
Years later, however,
how important would the role
of the mother be in her own daughter's film?
I've kept with me here many
of these deleted scenes.
I've collected them all.
Because people do make editing mistakes sometimes.
When they realize they needed the scenes again, then
I'd deliver the footages back to them.
Directed by: Peter Chan Ho-sun
And, this is the destination
of my next delivery.
The time is now
The stage is set
The studio lights are lit
And the door is open
The costumes have been chosen
The voices are warmed up
The rhythms are in sync
And we're all ready
Shoot - the past and present
Shoot - love and hate
Shoot - friendship and rivalries
All vicissitudes of life
Short, like a flash
Long, like eternity
In heaven or on earth
How close is the present? How distant are the memories?
How sad is the past? How weary is the present?
If there's no love now, how can we find its memory?
What kind of a love story can feed our stomachs?
Who would allow this story the highest glory?
If love stories are hard to come by
Then how can they be erased like words on a blackboard?
Wipe away the past and present
Wipe away love and hate
Wipe away the rivalries
All vicissitudes of life
Short, like a flash
Long, like eternity
What kind of heaven is that?
Oh, this love story
Forget this love story
Hold onto this love story
Oh, this love story
Forget this love story
Hold onto this love story
How close is the present? How distant are the memories?
How sad is the past? How weary is the present?
If there's no love now, how can we find its memory?
How close is the present? How distant are the memories?
How sad is the past? How weary is the present?
If there's no love now, how can we find its memory?
Everything fades into nothing!
Cut.
Cut!
Clap-board.
Clap-board!
Was it OK, director?
Is lunch ready?
Let's break for lunch first.
Lunch break!
Director Nie!
Come meet the director! Don't you wanna be an actress?
Is the shooting going well?
I feel that the romance amongst the three leads is too weak.
How can it be?
She read your script yesterday and she couldn't stop crying!
Did you cry? You did, right?
Yes...it was so touching!
Touching! Did you hear that?
Xiaoyu doesn't really love Zhang Yang.
And Zhang didn't come back to find Xiaoyu out of love.
Whatever between the circus master and Xiaoyu can hardly be called love.
Director...
This is not a love story then!
Xiaoyu and Zhang have to be in love with each other!
The same goes for Xiaoyu and the circus master!
There, we have a love story!
The problem is, this is exactly what I've promised to deliver.
So you must make me one!
Love stories are silly.
Love stories...
That's not the point!
The point is, women dig love stories!
Audiences dig love stories!
Do you like love stories?
- Yes... - That's it then!
You see?!
No kisses,
no nudity, and no lovemaking scene!
- Where am I? - It's all in the contract...
Shanghai, on the way
to the hotel press conference.
I must get the check from you before the press conference starts.
Otherwise, we're not getting out of the limo.
Okay? Ciao.
How long did I sleep?
1 5 minutes.
That's all?
You called and woke me up again last night.
The same old bullshit about not forgiving me.
I said that?!
Just go straight to bed after taking your sleeping pills.
Stop thinking nonsense!
You'll go crazy if you don't sleep!
I have no idea why you take this movie.
Pay is cheap, and you're missing all the jobs in Hong Kong!
I'm out of here as soon as the press conference ends!
You'll be on your own.
And, stop calling me every night.
Your "heroine".
You better not fall for her during the shoot.
She's something else!
But, she won't be interested in you.
You have no use for her.
She only digs directors.
What "memoir"?
Our deal was for a photo book only.
But, Miss Sun,
Your success story
will set a good example for today's youngsters.
If they were as poor as I was as a child,
then they would work hard naturally. They wouldn't need me to be an example.
Right, right.
"If they were as poor as I was..."
Stop writing. You heard me. "No memoir".
Time to go, Miss Sun.
The only use of "the past"
is to remind me to stay away from it.
Got it?
But, without the memoir, what if one day
you forget everything?
Wouldn't it be a pity?
That'd be even better.
Then...what about love?
Love...there is no such thing.
Miss Sun...Miss Sun...
Hey Boss!
This contract should be fine,
but I just want to change a few words.
Like this one.
It makes us feel uncomfortable, you know...
And here...can we just delete it...
No need! I'll just take back my check.
No...and, one last thing.
Why is it written in past tense?
It's all right! I'll just take a zero off the check.
No, it's because it hasn't happened yet,
so it should be in present tense...
I can't talk now.
The press conference is starting.
But the present tense suits the artists better...
Later...
- They'll feel more comfortable... - Get lost!
Rumor has it that you came up with the story idea after getting the investment.
And it was your Hong Kong investor who insisted on a musical
and a Hong Kong cast.
So are you no longer an auteur
but a director who caters to the market's demands instead?
And what's your opinion on a director-for-hire and an auteur?
Miss!
I only have one goal when I make a film,
and that is to make a good one.
No matter where the finance and the cast came from,
they're just tools for accomplishing my goal.
Sun Na.
This is your first collaboration with Lin Jian-dong.
Which one of his movies is your favorite?
To be honest, I don't know him, and I've not seen any of his films.
I hardly watch Hong Kong films.
Any lovemaking scenes between you two?
Aren't you afraid Mr. Nie might get jealous?
Sun Na, have you closed the deal
on that Hollywood picture yet?
We're still negotiating.
Will you be using a stand-in for the dance sequences?
If your questions don't get any more constructive,
then I suppose I can end my Q & A part right now.
It is said that you've always said no to making films in China.
What makes you change your mind this time?
Good pay, a great director,
and a gorgeous leading lady!
Well said, indeed!
I believe we will eventually present you
with a terrific film!
The director will now give
a brief plot summary.
This is a story about a love triangle.
Sun Na plays Xiaoyu.
She had lost her memory...
She had forgotten her lover...
and wanders in the streets.
Later,
she met a circus master.
He took her in
and made up a beautiful memory for her.
Hello, mister.
Mister??
Hurry, Xiaoyu!
But at the same time, she also reunites with her former lover,
Zhang Yang.
That was your voice, no doubt, and that was your back
But you, with your distant look, put me into silence
Are you testing my heart, because you doubt me?
Wrong may be my memory
That you're not you anymore
Who are you? How can you forget that you loved me?
You touched my heart, you broke my heart
But I refuse to stop loving you
Did love really exist, or was it just my feeling?
How could you have the heart
to forget me?
Who are you? Why do you
look at me like that?
I seem to have known you before
in my past life or in my dreams
But, the love in your eyes, is a feeling I don't understand
Why do you have to ask me...
...ask me who I am?
Did you really forget
who I really am?
I did know you, didn't I?
Look.
The camera adores him.
But who... are you?
Sun Na.
The pressure is on you this time.
Your eyes were not focusing.
Why was your acting so unstable?
Because you're bored with me already!
We've just started shooting.
So just take it as a rehearsal.
We've been through this before.
You'll always give us
a pleasant surprise once editing is done.
So should I invite you
to the US to edit my next film?
Master your English first.
The contract isn't even signed.
Don't forget that
Mr. Gu's party is the day after tomorrow.
He has already promised to invest in my next film.
I have to study the script and stay "focused".
I don't have time to entertain your investors!
Jiandong's gaze is good, but there is too much anger.
Gotta tone him down...
Mention this when you see Mr. Gu.
Our musical deserves
a bigger promotional budget.
Me again. Who's going to be your PR
once I'm off to Hollywood?
Good evening, Mr. Nie, Miss Sun.
Director?
Zhang's agent called me just now.
He said Zhang read the script and...
He felt that the circus master
is not the lead character.
So he's not interested.
He'll change his mind in a couple of days.
But the problem is
he's about to sign another picture deal!
He won't turn my movie down.
Even if he does, I can do it! I was an actor once.
It was Nie who made Zhang a star.
Get real, you two!
No one needs to repay a favor
with the rest of his life!
Who are you? How can you forget that you loved me?
"I hate you..."
Check, please!
Hey!
Can I take a shower at your place?
...spectacular
But the world out there is so forlorn
If you think the world is so wonderful
Then I'll be here wishing you the best
"Sorry, but I took a box of your instant noodles --- Monkey"
Miss Sun!
Long time no see!
Hello, you are...?
Don't you remember?
You used to be a showgirl in Sanlitun!
I saw your performance there!
Your troupe leader Song was my old buddy!
You're mistaken.
I've never been to Sanlitun.
It must've been someone else.
You're an assistant director now, Hsing Ping!
You gonna be a director next!
You make it sound like a curse!
Since you're so handsome, Jiandong,
Hsian Ping can make you a star!
Damn right!
Here, a toast to our future big shot director!
Stop jinxing me! Come on! Cheers!
I almost didn't recognize you.
You go there often?
No.
One of my classmates got hired as an assistant director.
So we went there to celebrate.
So you're in film school?
Yup.
Is it fun to make movies?
So what is your real name?
Just call me Monkey!
My last name is Sun,
just like the name of the mythical Monkey King.
- And you've come to Beijing to... - Sing!
Who's going to be my audience in the village?
And you? You wanna be an actor?
A director!
Hey, "Hongkie", I still owe you those noodles!
We will meet again for sure!
That was embarrassing, wasn't it?
"He makes me hot all over, I'm on fire.
He makes me hot all over, I'm on fire."
You don't know me, but surely you know this song!
If you don't mind...
I'd like to rest. I'm tired.
You were so cute back then.
We've never met!
N-e-v-e-r.
So be a man and knock it off!
Can you drive any slower?!
Sorry, sorry!
So who was this girl I met ten years ago? A ghost?
Whatever.
Whoever that you thought you met never existed.
Ghost or not...
Do you know what she scares me the most?
That she had never loved me.
Then I would've been a fool for ten years.
Stop the car!
Miss Sun!
Lin Jiandong!
I went looking for you at your dorm.
But they all said you've moved out.
When did you come back?!
Just now! And I went looking for you right away!
I'm going back to Hong Kong next week.
You've graduated?
No...I...
I've decided to drop out.
You don't want to be a director now?
I don't have the talent...I can't fool others.
How do you know you don't have talent?!
Do you have to raise your voice?
I mean, it's not like you've made a few films already.
How do you know you have no talent?
Didn't you quit already? What are the books for?
I'm returning the books to the school and submitting my resignation letter!
Hey!
I'm not like you, Monkey...
I'm not invincible!
I'm not invincible all the time, you just don't see it!
There's no fun if everything comes so easily.
I've already spent my tuition for next year on my movies!
Then just stay at my place!
I'm getting by! I can take care of you!
It's better that you owe me!
The troupe has been disbanded.
Disbanded?!
Yup, c'est la vie!
The next time you bump into me?
I might be a movie star already!
You want to be a movie star?
A pub can only fit 1 00 people at the most.
But one single movie theatre can sit a few hundreds!
Of course it's better to be a movie star!
Come on in, hurry!
Watch your head!
This ceiling is fine for me
as long as I don't grow any taller!
I'm stocked up with goods here. Just making a living, you know.
You can clean this place up for me sometimes,
and I'd count it as your rent.
Studying film is like making film, I suppose.
Still, I'm a bit disappointed.
I was counting on you to make me a star
once you become "the director"!
Just kidding!
If you really want to be a star,
then I think you can make it.
Really?
Because you're invincible!
That's right.
Let's drink to that!
Good!
We'll drink to that!
It was a long, long time ago
You had me, and I had you
It was a long, long time ago
You left me to explore the outside world
The world out there is so spectacular
But the world out there is so forlorn
If you think the world is so wonderful
Then I'll be here wishing you the best
It was a long, long time ago
You left me to explore the outside world
The world out there is so spectacular...
Zhang Yang reunites with Xiaoyu at the circus.
But she has lost all of her memory!
And...
The circus master has already won her over
by making up beautiful stories of her past.
He had a love story once upon a time
Days of romance and youth
And how sweet it was!
Xiaoyu -- that was your name, Xiaoyu!
We grew up together!
They were childhood sweethearts once upon a time
His charm and her affection
They inspire envy!
Then one day the girl lost her memory
A beginning hard to forget
An ending hard to remember
Say no more! I'm happy now!
A loss so tragic and devastated
Not knowing is also a blessing in disguise
The boy with a beautiful memory
The girl without a past, and without grief
Monkey...
Are you happy?
Can you teach me
how I can live a happy life like you?
Do you remember?
I used to hold you from behind, just like this.
He had a sad story once upon a time
He won't surrender without a happy ending
Love out of passion can only be brief
Why must you hold onto your misery?
Forget this love story come what may
Why not drink and dream your sorrows away?
It is futile to keep talking about it
How can we restart if we know the truth?
I had a love story once upon a time
I begin to wonder...
if it is real?
Cut.
Cut!
Fine, that's it for today.
- But, Mr. Nie... - We'll continue tomorrow.
We still haven't cast the circus master.
How...how can we shoot tomorrow?
I'll be the circus master!
Director?
Your hot and sour noodles.
Thanks.
Your first movie?
It was shot right here!
You came here for my hot and sour noodles everyday!
And, you gulped it down real fast every time.
Right!
I was always hungry back in those days.
What happened to my appetite now?
You used to say, that the sooner you finish a film,
the sooner others know that you're a good director.
Am I still a good director?
Stay asleep, in the dream within a dream
From this day on, no more doubts
All I'm asking is a word from your heart
That you've loved me all along
That will be all, just say no more
Because...you do love me
Perhaps...you do love me
I'm enjoying this role more and more!
I had a long chat with Zhang Ji this afternoon.
For old times' sake...
He promised me to turn down the other deal
and come play the circus master.
It's too exhausting for you as director already.
Don't be an actor too.
What's with you?
Am I not big enough?
With Zhang, you can recoup
a couple more millions in US and European sales.
Why do you still want to be an actor?
Zhang taught you that?
You taught me.
Would you care so much about me
if I hadn't made you a star?
If my film sucks,
- will anyone of you still care about me? - Nie Wen...
Enough!
I'm not your child!
"Nie Wen", "Nie Wen"...
I was already Nie Wen
long before you became Sun Na!
It's a...big world...outside...
It's a...big world...out there...
When is the shoot? Can I come visit?
Fine, come the day after tomorrow!
Is your film going to be shown in America?
Yes, of course!
The American producer also said...
I don't know whether he was serious or not...
...that he'll marry me.
A paper marriage!
I wouldn't want to marry to a fifty-year-old!
He's probably joking
with me anyway.
Because he knows I want to go to America.
Is that what you want?
Of course! All actresses dream of going to Hollywood!
Who wants to watch movies that were made here?
He also said that I'm petite.
Here, it doesn't matter if you're petite.
But in America, I'd be like a dwarf!
That would make me very special!
And, with an American passport,
it's much easier for me to visit you in Hong Kong!
It is a big world out there.
Your hands are cold.
Don't worry. It's all in here.
Yeah, they are cold.
Tell you what. Why don't you come back to my place?
It's a little warmer in there.
I...I no money.
I never thought about money.
OK.
Don't see me off.
It's a wonderful world out there
Will I fail if I go out there?
The world out there has so much to share
I can survive, if only I dare
I can't see the present in my despair
Out there I'll see what my future will bear
The choice is not easy, but I've made up my mind
Blow out a candle, make a wish that I can leave here
It's a wonderful world out there
I'll find love and someone to care
Out there where there're chances to spare
I'll find myself in the world so rare
We won't be going anywhere.
You are not going to America,
and I'm not going back to Hong Kong.
Where's the director?
He's not coming. It's just you and me.
What do you want?
Stop bothering me from now on.
Fine.
I won't bother you anymore if you go back to Beijing with me.
Why Beijing?
You'll get it once you're there.
I already "got it" 10 years ago.
You're the one that don't get it!
Look at you.
You studied arts because you couldn't direct,
then you dropped out and studied acting instead.
And now you're a star!
You've moved on too!
So why are you keep pulling me back?!
I want you to see Monkey.
I am Monkey!
No, you're not!!
Monkey LOVED me!
Let's get married...for real.
For ten years...
I've been seeing the same scene in my dream...
...every night.
But it's gone as soon as I open my eyes.
I've been afraid of falling asleep ever since.
Afraid that, in my dream...
In my dream...
My heart will be broken again.
And I'd lose you again every time.
Do you know how that feels?
You think you can hide the truth from me?
I know everything!
I say nothing
My eyes are watching
Yet you assume that I feel nothing
Where would you be without me?
What the hell is he anyway?
To love is to possess
Men are born to be jealous
Love clouded my heart
Love blinded my eyes
I'll risk everything to make you love me
Go and tell him
Face to face
that you love me, not him
Because, you do love me
It's a wrap!
There are some men...
who are cruel to the women
that betrayed them.
But it's not about vengeance.
On the contrary, it is love.
The circus master is such a man,
and that's why he slapped Xiaoyu.
That would set her free...
and set him free.
The truth is...
To hate someone is much more painful than being hated.
He hit Xiaoyu not because he hates her,
but because he doesn't want himself to hate her.
Hitting her would make them even.
When did you change the script?
Why didn't you tell me?
This morning.
Well?
Do you like the change?
I do.
When will you ever say that you don't??
When will you be honest with me and tell me,
"Nie Wen? You're finished!"
The script discussion is over!
When will we talk about us then?
I said, the discussion is over!
Come with me...
Come with me! COME WITH ME!!
Got no love
Got no hate
Can't catch it
Can't trash it
Xiaoyu...
There are no faces of angels
Though these faces can bedazzle
The misery outside our windows
We're all just ants in the ghetto
Got no rights to cry for sorrow
Hunger is always our topic
So when are you two getting married?
- And love is just a prop - Soon, soon.
I'll be in Russia till the end of the year,
so don't get married too soon!
- You're filming in Russia? - Yes.
So he's that assistant director buddy of yours?
Yup!
He's the one!
The world rests in the gutter
What's the point to fear and shudder?
Agony never lasts an eternity
Heaven and hell in total unity
Hurry up with the prop guns!
Okay!
Go on in! Hsian is in there.
...then we'll cut it here.
The distance between you and I
Passes by in a blink of an eye
As we stand at the crossroad
We all leave behind our shadows
Don't fight it, just go with it
The world rests in the gutter
What's the point to fear and shudder?
Agony never lasts an eternity
Heaven and hell in total unity
The world rests in the gutter
What's the point to fear and shudder?
Agony never lasts an eternity
Heaven and hell in total unity
Got no love
Got no hate
Can't catch it
Can't trash it
Got no love...
Got no hate...
Can't catch it...
Can't trash it...
Got no love! Got no hate! Can't catch it! Can't trash it!
The world rests in the gutter
What's the point to fear and shudder?
Agony never lasts an eternity
Heaven and hell in total unity
The sexiest appeal
The easiest deal
The sweetest battle
The coolest game of the jungle
Forget these days...
Forget them...
Forget me...
The sexiest appeal
The easiest deal
The sweetest battle
The coolest game of the jungle
"These are all the money I've saved after coming to Beijing.
Should be enough for your return airfare to Hong Kong.
Donkey...
Remember...
The one who loves you the most is always yourself."
So when will you be back?
In three months, I suppose.
But you know how filming is like...
I might end up staying another month there.
Let's meet up afterwards then.
Aren't you going back to Hong Kong?
Are you still waiting for her?
She's coming along with me for this shoot.
She said...
She wants to become an actress,
so I got her a part in the movie.
Is she...
Is she with the director, Jin?
She's with me.
What?! Disappeared?
Mr. Nie is gone!
They say Mr. Nie has quit! Is it true?
Are they really shutting down the production?
The producer said that he'll be gone
for only a few days.
That's all I know!
When is he coming back then?
Is he actually coming back?
How much over the budget are we without Nie?
How much are we losing for every day that we're idle?
What is our cash flow right now?
Is there anything you know, bro?
Let's go back to Beijing!
Many developers wanted to buy this property.
It took me a lot of efforts to keep this place.
December 19, 1995.
You didn't come back.
Monkey...
Where are you? Come back...
Every time I came back here,
I would record what went on in my mind.
I thought I'd feel better in a year's time.
But I was just the same.
How could time pass by so slowly?
November, 1 996.
2 years...it has been 2 years...
You're finally back...
Can you come back for once?
Just once...
I promise I won't make you stay.
I'll let you go, okay?
December, 1 997.
I think I'm better now.
I don't feel as bad this time.
But seeing the bed here still brings up memories...
Just not as painful...
I sat on it,
and I smiled.
So, it isn't that hard to forget you.
October 3, 1 998.
Are you dead?
Are you dead?? If not, then why don't you come back?!
You're so vain!
I don't want to see you again, ever! Go to hell!
I hate you! I HATE YOU!!
December 31 , 1999.
I've become an actor myself!
Really. Don't tease me!
Maybe one day we'll both be in the same movie.
December 6, 2001 .
How are you?
It's snowing heavily outside...
Mr. Nie!
Let me get your key.
You're awake!
I really wish I were here to see the look on your face now.
I've waited 1 0 years for this moment.
You were holding me tight last night.
You must be thinking that I'm everything to you.
Since when have you become so naive?!
Have you forgotten what you've said?
"The one who loves you the most is always yourself."
Do you know what is the biggest failure in my life?
I fell in love with someone I despised,
and I ended up despising myself.
You've made me despise myself for the rest of my life!
What happened last night was fake,
but those tapes are real.
And I'll keep them forever.
Because I know...
I will never be able to talk like that again.
Returning to Shanghai, Mr. Lin?
2 tickets...where's the other passenger?
I can hear you crying
Let me take my own path
Now that you understand my grief
Remember it as long as you breathe
Loving you was not a mistake
Hating you was no salvation
I don't care anymore about memories
Let's just end all our miseries
Perhaps it's love...but it's not blissful
I know that better than you
I want you to shed your tears
And say that perhaps we can start over
But I say...
"No"
Don't go in.
We still have one more scene to do.
The closer you are, the further you seem
What's deep in my heart is what I can't say
Passion and desire, purpose or not
I thought you would understand
Do you hate me? Do you love me?
What's stopping you from leaving me?
Truth or lies, I'll take them all
As long as you do love me
Happiness and grief, they are hard to part
I'm bewitched by you, you're bewildered by me
Stay asleep, in the dream within a dream
From this day on, no more doubts
All I'm asking is a word from your heart
That you've loved me all along
That will be all, just say no more
Because...you do love me
Perhaps...you do love me
Nie Wen...
I thought I would never hear you
calling me like this again.
Back then, you needed a director,
and I needed a companion.
I thought, after your first film,
that our relationship will end.
I didn't expect that we'd make one film after another.
We've been together for so long now.
We asked too much out of each other.
I've been rewriting the script for the last few days.
Tomorrow...
We'll shoot our last scene.
Let's do our best to end it.
Once the scene is over, you'll no longer be Xiaoyu.
Step by step, a choice is made
Line by line, questions are answered
Fates overlapping, plots intertwining
Like a labyrinth that will never be the same
The moon is full, a wish fulfilled; a perfect ending
The moon is clouded, a wish wasted; a twist of fate
I swing over, but I miss your path
Forget about our past choices
Let go of our lifelong struggles
- Forget, forget not... - Intertwining, devastating
- It's gone, it's not gone... - It's your fate, your destiny
- Leaving behind this love story - Too easy to hold on, Too late to regret
- Too hard to turn back - Let it go...
- Too hard to move on - Let it go...
A role that gives me no choice
but to stand here on the edge
I take a deep breath atop this cliff
I am not your freedom
Clouds above are summoning me
I'll embrace my destiny...for you
Just let go.
Let me become your memory.
Sun Na...
I've finally found my love story
One that I'll never be able to forget
I finally have my beautiful memories
I'll never forget it wherever I go
Good. Thanks everyone! It's a wrap!
Thanks, all of you!
Hungry, Mr. Nie?
Very .
What's on your mind?
Your next film?
Before I became a director,
I'd always wanted to make a very simple love story.
I don't know why...
But it never happened, and I even forgot the story.
You forgot?
But it came back to me today all of a sudden.
The story takes place in Qingdao.
A young couple...
It began with a crane shot
from high above...
Tracking in slowly, until the couple comes into view.
They're sitting on a green pasture,
silhouetted against the blue sky and the clouds.
That's Qingdao...
That's it, Qingdao.
Got any coffee?
How about some noodles?
Did you finish your part?
I think so...
Everyone wants to know
Who is the true love that they cannot miss
Especially when they wake up in midnight and sigh
Eyes closed with the heart unsettled
Because deep inside, you know that was love
Monkey...
I'm leaving.
Don't forget Beijing.
I won't.
Did you forget?
I told you I would do this for you.
Last night...
An old friend told me a story.
It was very touching.
It took place in Qingdao,
but he forgot the ending.
I remember that story.
It's a movie he always wanted to make.
It begins on a bright summer day.
There's this green pasture...
At the end of it is a salt lake.
He keeps remembering the wrong place every time.
It's Qinghai.
There are no salt lakes in Qingdao.
If this film is to be made one day,
then it's got to be shot in Qinghai.
Start in the summer and wrap in winter.
This is one movie that I always wanted to be in.
Even with pain, even with tears
Even with countless lonely nights
Love...why is it always clearer looking back?
Even with pain, even with tears...
The feeling remains after it was long gone
Perhaps this was love
Because it is love