''Adoring'' () is a Chinese ensemble
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 typic ...
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drama film
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directed by Larry Yang and produced by
Xu Zheng. It tells 6 heartwarming stories of how people interact with their pets to discover love in their lives.
Principal photography
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Personnel
Besides the main film personnel, such as a ...
began in April 2019 in China and it was released in China on 31 December 2019.
It was subsequently released internationally in North America, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Singapore and Japan from January 2020.
Synopsis
Gao Ming is a single father who lives alone with a cat after being estranged from his wife and daughter, he tries to connect with the latter when she returns for a vacation. Chen Leyun is a student who becomes blind after an illness and his classmate Jiang Nan tries to help him by training her pet to be his guide-dog. Li Xiang tries to hide his pet pig from his girlfriend Qu Feifei, but to no avail when she moves into his apartment. Zhao Le and Fang Xin is a newly married couple who finds their attempts at consummating their marriage being hilariously thwarted repeatedly by her pet dog. Luo Hua gets his neighbour An Ying's help to get care of a stray cat, not knowing her obsession with cleanliness. Ah De has the help of a stray dog when he loses his way delivering food to the apartment, and ends up helping it to find a new home eventually.
Cast
Main cast
* Yu Hewei as Gao Ming, a single father
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Li Landi as Gao Mengmeng, Gao Ming's daughter
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Leo Wu
Wu Lei (, born December 26, 1999), also known as Leo Wu, is a Chinese actor. He is known as the "China's Little Brother" () in China.
He made his first appearance in commercials at the age of three. In 2007, officially made his debut in acti ...
as Chen Leyun, a blind student
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Zhang Zifeng as Jiang Nan, Leyun's classmate
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Wallace Chung as Li Xiang, a stock broker
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Yang Zishan as Qu Feifei, Li Xiang's girlfriend
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William Chan
William Chan Wai-ting (born 21 November 1985) is a Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor. In 2003, he participated in New Talent Singing Awards where he won several awards. He was then signed under Emperor Entertainment Group. He began his singin ...
as Zhao Le, a graphic designer
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Zhong Chuxi as Fang Xin, an air stewardess, Zhao Le's wife
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Tan Jianci as Luo Hua, an animal lover
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Kan Qingzi as An Ying, Luo Hua's neighbour
* Guo Qilin as Ah De, a food-delivery worker
Supporting cast
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Gong Beibi as Gao's Ex-wife
* Zhao Yunzhuo as young Fang Xin
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Li Qian
* Lang Yueting
* Yu Ailei
* Wang Ziyi
* ONER
Soundtrack
Awards and nominations
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=10203982
2019 films
Chinese romantic comedy-drama films
Films directed by Larry Yang
2010s Mandarin-language films