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Chinese 谎言西西里 Director Yu-Hsien Lin Box office 18.4 million CNY | 7.5/10 IMDb Directed by Lin Yu-Hsien Running time 1h 40m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Lee Joon-giZhou DongyuEthan Juan Productioncompanies Phoenix Legend FilmsBeijing Chenming MediaYingyi ProductionEmperor Motion PicturesDongyang Jiechengrui Jixiang EntertainmentShanghai Shangshu InvestmentShaoxing Cuture Industry Investment Distributed by Beijing Juhe Yinglian MediaEmperor Motion PicturesYingyi Production Release date August 9, 2016 (2016-08-09) Featured song Why I wish I can tell him who I am Cast Lee Joon‑gi, Zhou Dongyu, Ethan Juan Similar Under the Hawthorn Tree (film), So Young (film), The Longest Night in Shanghai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Never Said Goodbye is a 2016 Chinese romance film directed by Lin Yu-Hsien and starring Lee Joon-gi, Zhou Dongyu and Ethan Juan. The film is Korean-Chinese production. It was released in China on August 9, 2016.
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Plot
A heart-breaking romantic tale, which starts with Jun Ho, breaking up with his girlfriend Xiao You, since he wants to return to Italy to learn Opera, supposedly his childhood dream. The movie starts with a scene in which Jun Ho shows his tickets to all the friends gathered at a party. Xiao You tries to persuade him not to go. After a bitter fight, Jun Ho breaks up with her and flies back the same night.
The first half of the movie concentrates on Xiao You having to deal with the breakup as she struggles with both emotional and work pressure. She and Jun Ho had been working as interior designers at a firm in Shanghai. They met in the university and eventually fell in love with each other. Jun Ho, a Korean student who was raised by his elder sister in Italy, comes to study and work in Shanghai. After an incident, Jun Ho finds out that he has brain cancer and has only 6 months to live. He finally makes up his mind to break up with Xiao You, rather than let her see him die. After 3 months, when Xiao You still cannot forget him, he fakes his death in Italy with the help of his elder sister and arranges a funeral, so that Xiao You can finally move on in her life. But things only get worse for Xiao You, as she gets more emotionally attached to him after his death.
Her neighbour, Tian Bo, tries to save her from an accident, creating a friendship. However, Xiao You's memories of Jun Ho grow only stronger day by day. His unfinished work at a bar keeps her going. Every night, strangely though, her work seems to be completed by some goodwill stranger. She starts communicating with this stranger through smileys drawn on the wall . While Xiao You doesn't know the identity of the stranger, it is revealed that the person working on the bar at night is none other than Jun Ho, who, with the help of his ex-employer Mr. Ma, secretly tries to fulfill his promise of "never letting her go". Jun Ho's health condition worsens and he is admitted to the hospital for a major surgery, after which he realizes that he might die anytime soon. At his request for one last time, Jun Ho, in disguise as a bear, makes her smile again, with a hug.
The film ends with Xiao You visiting Jun Ho's elder sister in Italy after a year, paying her last respects at his grave and listening to all the daily logs he had made watching her every step and caring for her by staying in an apartment just above hers. Hence, the title "Never Said Goodbye".
Production
The movie is filmed in Puglia, Polignano a Mare, Italy and Shanghai, China with many on-location scenes.
This 100 minutes film is co-produced by the following companies:
and distributed by Beijing Juhe Yinglian Media, Emperor Motion Pictures, and Yingyi Production.
Reception
The film has grossed CN¥18.4 million at the Chinese box office.
