''Call for Love'' ( zh, s=爱情呼叫转移 , p=Àiqíng hūjiào zhuǎnyí) is a

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romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film directed by

Zhang Jianya Zhang Jianya (, ) (born 1951) is a Chinese film director. As a graduate of the 1982 class of the Beijing Film Academy, Zhang is a founding member of the so-called Fifth Generation, a group that also includes in its numbers directors such as Zha ...

. The film premiered in China on February 8, 2007. It stars Xu Zheng,

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, and

Eva Huang Huang Shengyi (, born February 11, 1983), also known as Eva Huang, is a Chinese actress and singer. Early life and education Huang was born and raised in Shanghai. Her father was educated in the United States and lived there in the early 1990s, wh ...

Plot

After being married for seven years, Xu Lang, a white collar office manager, has started to get tired of the same routine in his marriage. After asking his wife for a divorce, he is given a magical cell phone by an angel. The cell phone allows him to have romantic encounters with different women. After various dates and courtships with 12 beautiful women, he still cannot meet the right one. He attempts to mend things over with his wife, only to find that his ex-wife has met another man and found happiness. The movie ends with Xu meeting his old love interest from 15 years ago, suggesting a new relationship between them.

Cast

* Xu Zheng as Xu Lang, protagonist *Liu Yiwei as Angel * Jiang Hongbo as boring wife * Song Jia as Girl #1, easy girl *

as Girl #2, ninja cop *

as Girl #3, valley girl *

Michelle Bai Bai Bing (; born 2 May 1986) is a Chinese actress and singer. Bai is noted for her roles as Xue Baochai and Princess Yushu in the television series '' The Dream of Red Mansions'' (2010) and '' The Myth'' (2010) respectively. Early life and edu ...

as Girl #4, girl with intimidating mom *

Ning Jing Ning Jing (; born April 27, 1972) is a Chinese actress and singer. She is best known for playing Milan in ''In the Heat of the Sun'' (1994), Danzhu in '' Red River Valley'' (1997), Angel in '' Lover's Grief over the Yellow River'' (1999) and Emp ...

as Girl #5, gold-digger *

Annie Yi Wu Chin-yi (; born March 4, 1968), better known as Annie Yi () or Annie Shizuka Inoh ( ja, 伊能静, Inō Shizuka), is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and writer. Early life and education Wu Chin-yi () was born on March 4, 1968 in Taipei, Taiwan ...

as Girl #6, career woman with trust issues * Qu Ying as Girl #7, overprotective dog lover *

Qin Hailu Qin Hailu (, born 11 August 1978) is a Chinese actress, screenwriter and singer. She has won Best Actress at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award and Golden Bauhinia Awards. Early life and education ...

as Girl #8, feminist freak * Shen Xing as former classmate, Xu Lang's destined romantic partner *

Gong Beibi Beibi Gong () (born February 21, 1978 in Fujian, China) is a Chinese film and television actress. Beginning her acting career as a teenager, she later graduated from the prestigious Central Academy of Drama where she first gained recognition amo ...

* Che Yongli * Brenda Wang * Huang Jianxiang (cameo) *

Chen Luyu Chen Luyu (), born 12 June 1970, is a Chinese journalist and talk show host with Phoenix Television. She has been described as "China's Oprah" owing to the popularity of her talk show. She hosts the talk show programme '' A Date With Luyu''.

(cameo)

References

External links

*
Official "Call for Love" Site

''Call for Love''
at the Chinese Movie Database 2007 romantic comedy films 2007 films 2000s Mandarin-language films Chinese romantic comedy films Films directed by Zhang Jianya {{2000s-romantic-comedy-film-stub