Across the Strait, 19 November, CCTV-4, at 17:15 Beijing Time

cctv.com 11-11-2005 11:33

20 30 40 is a movie directed by Sylvia Chang (a.k.a. Aijia Zhang) of Taiwan, who also plays one of the title roles.

Being a female film, 20 30 40 starts from a female angle to look at life at different stages of age. The stories of Rene Liu and Sylvia Chang are indeed quite stereotype and traditional. Liu, because of lack of confidence in man and marriage under the influence of her mother, has a wild love and sex life. Chang has divorced after finding her husband having an affair and crazily look for a new companion but finally in vain.

The magic of the film comes from the director catering to the inner feeling of characters, their thoughts and the actors' superb acting performance.

The film generated an enormous following on the mainland when it was released.

Hou Yaohua, a well-known actor from the mainland, keeps thinking about making a similar film ever since he saw it. Eventually, he came up with 21 31 41.

Editor:Wang Ping  Source:CCTV.com