Chinese Film 2015
Forever Young (Chinese Movie Review & Summary)
Forever Young poster
- Genre: Youth, College, Performing Arts, Tragedy, Romance, Dance, Ballet, Music, Band
- Date Released: 2015
- Origin: China; Film
Cast
- Li Yifeng as Xu Nuo
- Zhang Huiwen as Yan Xi
- Jiang Jinfu as An Di
- Wei Daxun as Zhang Zaichang
- Calvin Tu as Kang Jian
- Zhang Yuxi as Xia Jingjing
- Li Xin’ai as Gao Mei Xue
- Song Yi as Shen Jiamao
- Leon Zhang as Wei Ge
- Chai Ge
- Wang Youshuo
- Coco Lee
- Liu Haoran as University Radio DJ & host
Youtube is a wonderful thing. Global movies and dramas are widely available in this platform. Some are subbed in English.
I found this film today and currently watching it.
The film is full of eye candies and that is a major plus. The pacing of the movie is a tad slow but all the same it is quite watchable and enjoyable.
I thought at first the story revolved around a friendship of four girls, Yanxi, Jingjing, Mei Xue and Jiamo. These four girls were roommates and had been the bestest of friends for four years. They shared the ultimate goal of going to Paris Opera Ballet (POB) after graduation.
Their friendship was put to the test when one by one their result of their application to POB started arriving.
Yanxi found out that her three friends had decided that they would not really like to go to POB. Yanxi was aggressively annoyed with her friends telling them that it was a betrayal to their life-long dreams. It looks likes their friendship was in fragments.
Her friends were out in town looking for a present for her coming birthday when she called them to go to rehearsal for their end of term, ‘Dream Night’ where they will be performing the Dance of the Cygnets.
Jingjing, Mei Xue and Jiamo were on their way back via an unlicensed taxi when it crashed into a lorry killing all the passengers instantly.
Woah, did not expect that.
Anyway, Yanxi was guilt-ridden that she contemplated drowning herself but she heard the voices of her friends telling her to live and fulfil her dreams to the best that she can. They also wanted her to do the Dream Night.
Yanxi was determined to put on a show on Dream Night and practised like someone possessed, thus ending breaking a leg.
Her devoted boyfriend, Xu Nuo cared for her and was doing everything he can to make her promise to the departed girls come happen.
Xu Nou is a very talented musician. He was the lead vocalist by a band comprising of his three best friends.
His friends grew pretty close to YanXi’s friends as well so they were very sad with the passing of the three girls.
With YanXi recuperating in the hospital, Xu Nou started dividing his time with visiting her, his studies and later on his dancing.
As it would now be impossible for Yanxi to perform the Dance of the Cygnets, Xu Nou took it upon himself to make it happened – somehow, even if he had to do it himself.
And he did with his three friends after much convincing.
The journey towards achieving their goal did not come easy.
As the days starting rolling into the day of the Dream Night, stress took hold of the friends. They realised that they had been spending all their time rehearsing a dance while they have completely packed in their musical careers.
The last straw was Wei Ge trying to weigh in by attempting to recruit Xunou to join his band rather than stay with XuNou’s own inept band.
Wei Ge wrote a song for XuNou and he wanted him to sing it. They had a mini session singing the song together. XuNou did not know that it was recorded in given to the university DJ to play on air which then overheard by his own band and created such a ruckous that the limping YanXi overheard.
The fight escalated when An Di could not hold back his simmering anger which included YanXi. He blurted out that she will not going to Paris Opera Ballet as her application was rejected.
YanXi was utterly and thoroughly humiliated.
She sought a break up from XuNou.
XuNou is now at the end of his tether. Luckily Ms Han, the dance teacher told him to continue the ballet dance himself.
He was strumming his guitar and humming a song he composed which was overheard by Wei Ge. Again he tried to recruit him.
Then came the day, Dream Night day.
Xunou was frustratingly trying to tie in the laces of his tutu which he can’t really reach.
Suddenly behind him, were his three best friends already dressed in their own tutu.
They gave a standing ovation performance. They started it with the Dance of the Cygnets in their tutu and then they had a quick chance of a more musculine outfit and gave the Dance of the Cygnets a more contemporary version.
YanXi was overwhelmed with happiness as she saw each of friends in the tutu’ed male dancers.
YanXi and XuNou reconciled. Awwww