''First Time'' () is a 2012

romance film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

written and directed by Han Yan (韓延). A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film is a remake of the

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n film '' ...ing'' (2003).

Plot

Song Shiqiao (

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), 22, lives with her devoted mother, widowed shop owner Zheng Qing (Jiang Shan). Shiqiao, who always dreamed of being a ballet dancer, cannot exert herself physically as she suffers from form of myasthenia, a neuromuscular disease, that her father died of; the medication she takes also causes memory lapses. One day, at a charity fair, she bumps into Gong Ning ( Mark Chao), a former high-school friend she always liked, and the two end up dating, despite the initial disapproval of her mother. Gong Ning dropped out of university to spend more time with a rock band he leads; also, his girlfriend, dancer Peng Wei (

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), has dumped him because of his inability to focus his life. However, for Shiqiao, Gong Ning is the perfect partner.

Cast

as Song Shiqiao * Mark Chao as Gong Ning / Lü Xia *Jiang Shan as Zheng Qing, Shiqiao's mother *

as Peng Wei, Gong Ning's ex-girlfriend *Allen Chao as Gong Ning's father * Tian Yuan as Gu Qi, rock band member *

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as Wei Jiajia, rival rock singer *

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as Li Rao, Peng Wei's new boyfriend *Zhao Yingjun as rock band member *Wu Xiaoliang *Fan Lin

References

Chinese romance films 2012 romance films 2012 films Chinese remakes of South Korean films Films directed by Han Yan 2010s Mandarin-language films {{2010s-China-film-stub