Tiny Times (2013)

Tiny Times (Chinese: 小时代), also known as Tiny Times 1.0 is a 2013 Chinese romance drama film written and directed by Guo Jingming and based on the best-selling novel of the same name also by Guo. The story follows the film's narrator and protagonist Lin Xiao, played by Yang Mi, along with her best friends Gu Li, Nan Xiang, Tang Wanru, as they navigate between relationships, work and friendship in Shanghai.

The film received mostly negative reviews from Chinese film critics, although it was a commercial success. A sequel titled Tiny Times 2, which was filmed together with the first film and based on the second half of the novel, was released on August 8, 2013. Tiny Times 3, the third installment of the Tiny Times series was released on July 17, 2014.

Synopsis

The film is based on the first half of Tiny Times 1.0, the first novel in Guo's Tiny Times series. It depicts the friendship among four young women (Lin Xiao, Gu Li, Nan Xiang, and Tang Wanru), from Lin Xiao’s perspective, in Shanghai, and illustrates the transformation of their philosophies.

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