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Tiny Times

2013 Chinese film

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Tiny Times (Chinese: 小时代), also known as Tiny Times 1.0 is a 2013 film and the first installment of the film series written and directed by Guo Jingming. The movie is based on Guo's best-selling novel of the same name.

01Plot

The story follows four young women who are high school classmates and later become college roommates. On campus, they start their internships and experience a series of romantic affairs. After graduation, they continue their correspondence, suffused with misunderstanding and jealousy. However, they have all changed significantly.

After graduation, Lin Xiao settles into her job as an editorial assistant at a fashion magazine and acclimating herself to the glamorous, high-octane world of haute couture. She meets her demanding and cold boss, Gong Ming, whose melancholic persona is described by Lin Xiao as "a distant, lonely planet in the universe". Her work puts her relationship with her high school sweet heart, Jian Xi in peril.

Meanwhile, Gu Li faces struggle in her relationship with Gu Yuan at the intervention of his mother, who seeks to marry him off to an even wealthier family. Nan Xiang paints to support her fashion design studies, while at the same time struggle with her on-and-off relationship with abusive boyfriend Xi Cheng. Wan Ru worries that her aspirations in life are never really made certain, and the fact that she might not get a boyfriend.

02Cast

03Release and reception

Box office

The film grossed US$79.7 million at the Chinese box office.

Accolades

List of awards and nominations
Award Category Nominee Result
China Movie Channel Media AwardsBest FeatureWon (tied)
Best New DirectorGuo JingmingWon
9th Chinese American Film FestivalGolden Angel Award: Best FeatureWon

04Original soundtrack

Song CategorySong NameSingerNotes
Theme song 我好想你 Sodagreen
Ending theme song 回聲樂團 Echo
Soundtrack 時間煮雨 Yisa Yu
殘忍的纏綿 Liu Xin
萬物無邪 Cheney Chen
不再見
歲月縫花
Fu Mengni
熱雪 Vision Wei
Are you with me Gao Kaiwei
你讓星星發亮
不管發生什麼別放開我的手
停停停
Go Julia Wu
Love Come Undone
Auld Lang Syne
Whatever
Roller Coaster Terence
Everything
Everybody Feel Like Dancing
微光 Sodagreen
Watch videos about Tiny TimesExplainers and documentaries on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Sources and credits

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