''Somewhere Only We Know'' () is a 2015 Chinese

romantic drama 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 ...

film directed by

Xu Jinglei Xu Jinglei ( zh, s=徐静蕾, born April 16, 1974) is a Chinese actress and filmmaker. Regarded as one of the Four Dan Actresses in China, Xu rose to fame with television series '' A Sentimental Story'' (1997) and ''Cherish Our Love Forever'' ( ...

. Filming took place in

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. The film was released on February 10, 2015.

Plot

Jin Tian ( Wang Likun) is a young woman who recently got dumped by her fiancé and lost her grandmother, Chen Lanxin (

). Feeling heartbroken, she enrolls in a language course abroad and travels to

for a change of pace, the city where her grandmother once spent a couple years of her life. In her grandmother's belongings, she finds a letter from 1970, written by Josef Novak, her grandmother's past lover. In Prague, Jin Tian meets Peng Zeyang (

Kris Wu Wu Yi Fan ( zh, s=吴亦凡, ; born November 6, 1990), known professionally as Kris Wu, is a Chinese Canadian former rapper and convicted serial rapist. He is a former member of South Korean-Chinese boy band Exo and its subgroup Exo-M under SM En ...

), a young single father who lives with his little daughter and bipolar mother. The two develop a mutual attraction during their journey searching for Josef Novak.

Cast

as Peng Zeyang * Wang Likun as Jin Tian *

as Chen Lanxin *Gordon Alexander as Josef Novak *Cong Shan as Zeyang's Mom *Sophia Cai Shuya as Ni Ni, Zeyang's daughter *Juck Zhang as Luo Ji *Re Yizha as Shanshan

Production

Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as the ...

started in June 2014 in

and ended in August 2014.

Box office

In mainland China, the film grossed US$37.81 million in its first six days debuting at No. 1 at the box office.

References

External links

* 2015 films 2015 romantic drama films Films directed by Xu Jinglei Chinese romantic drama films Films shot in the Czech Republic Heyi Pictures films {{2010s-romantic-drama-film-stub