Award-winning Filmmaker Details

Screenwriter for The Love Myth

Award Comments:

Screenwriter Shao Yihui builds up the prose poem temperament of the romance film narrative through the romantic undertones in Love Myth, with solid line design, full of details, and ingenuity in presenting the expression of the state of life; the play is close to the feminist perspective, portraying the urban culture of Shanghai and the male and female groups in a subtle, distinctive, real and believable way, which is highly compatible with the aesthetics of the regional culture of Shanghai and forms the unique stylistic pattern of the film. It is highly compatible with the aesthetics of Shanghai's regional culture, forming a unique style of the movie. The Best Screenplay Award is hereby presented.

The Love Myth Film Introduction:

Old Bai (Xu Zheng), a divorced painter, is introduced by a friend to Ms. Li (Ma Yili), a divorced woman with a child. Old Bai falls in love with Ms. Li at first sight, but Ms. Li seems to be hesitant about the relationship, and has not moved on. Lao Bai runs an art class at his home, teaching adults how to draw, and Gloria (Ni Hongjie) is one of his students. Although she is married, her husband is far away and doesn't come home, and she seems to have feelings for Bai that go beyond teacher-student. Bei Bei (Wu Yue) is Lao Bai's ex-wife. Although they have been divorced for many years and it was Bei Bei who betrayed Lao Bai, Lao Bai's mother still hopes that the two of them can get remarried someday. In a Shanghai alley, the story of a man and three women begins.