''All Apologies'' (愛的替身 ''Ai De Ti Shen'') is a 2012 Chinese

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by Emily Tang. It had its premiere on September 26, 2012 at the

San Sebastián International Film Festival The San Sebastián International Film Festival ( SSIFF; , ) is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spain, Spanish city of Donostia, Donostia-San Sebastián in September, in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Countr ...

Plot

The film is set in

Guilin Guilin (Standard Zhuang: ''Gveilinz''), postal map romanization, formerly romanization of Chinese, romanized as Kweilin, is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of China's Guangxi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is situated on the we ...

Guangxi Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...

Cast

*Cheng Taishen as Cheng Yonggui *Yang Shuting as Li Qiaoyu *

Liang Jing Liang Jing may refer to: * Liang Jing (actress) (born 1972), Chinese actress * Liang Jing (runner) (1989–2021), Chinese ultramarathon runner * Liang Jing (cyclist) (born 1985), Chinese track cyclist {{hndis ...

as Yunzhen *Gao Jin as He Man *Ge Ge *Qu Yi as Dazhuang *Tang Xi *Chen Bing as Huang *Yang Shu *Zou Xi as Tie Niu *Xiao Ji'nan *Gao Yi'nan

Reception

At the 2012

the film was in the Official Selection, in competition for the

Golden Shell The Golden Shell (; ) is the highest prize given to a competing film at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. It was introduced in 1957. In 1953 and 1954, the highest prize had been called the Gran Premio. In 1955 and 1956 it was replace ...

. It was shown in the A Window on Asian Cinema section at the

17th Busan International Film Festival The 17th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 4 to October 13, 2012 at the Busan Cinema Center and was hosted by Ahn Sung-ki and Chinese actress Tang Wei, who is the first foreign celebrity to host the event. In this year's f ...

. On

Film Business Asia ''Film Business Asia'' was a film trade magazine based in Hong Kong. The magazine was created in 2010 by Patrick Frater, former journalist for '' Variety'', ''The Hollywood Reporter'', and ''Screen International'' and Stephen Cremin, co-founder o ...

, Derek Elley gave the film a grade of 6 out of 10, calling it an "affecting story of surrogate motherhood".

References

External links

* 2012 drama films 2012 films Chinese drama films Films set in Guangxi Guilin 2010s Mandarin-language films {{2010s-China-film-stub