Book of Love (2016 film)
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| Chinese | 北京遇上西雅图之不二情书 |
| Directed by | Xue Xiaolu |
| Written by | Xue Xiaolu |
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Tang Wei Wu Xiubo |
| Distributed by | EDKO (Beijing) Distribution |
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129 minutes |
| Country | China Hong Kong |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Box office | US$120 million |
Book of Love (Chinese: 北京遇上西雅图之不二情书), also titled Finding Mr. Right 2 in English, is a 2016 Chinese-Hong Kong romance film directed and written by Xue Xiaolu and starring Tang Wei and Wu Xiubo. It was released in China by EDKO (Beijing) Distribution on April 29, 2016.
Book of Love is director-writer Xue Xiaolu's follow-up to the 2013 hit Finding Mr. Right, and it reunites her with lead actors Tang Wei and Wu Xiubo from the first movie, although the two films' plots are not related. Notably, the two leads have separate storylines throughout the movie, only communicating with each other through handwritten letters until their first meeting towards the end of the film.
Jiao Ye (played by Tang Wei) is a casino hostess in Macau who accompanies customers as they gamble and earns a living from their tips. Her father, who brought her to Macau from mainland China, was an inveterate gambler who has since died, leaving her with a large pile of debts and a gambling habit of her own. Despite this, she is a good-natured girl who balances her money problems with a longing to find some meaning in her life and a boyfriend she has feelings for.
Daniel Luo (Wu Xiubo) is a real estate broker in Los Angeles who moved there with his parents from Beijing 20 years prior, although they subsequently divorced and both returned to China. Daniel has since built an outwardly successful life for himself in California, selling properties to wealthy Chinese buyers, but his parents' divorce when he was young still affects him, and he refuses to get into any kind of close emotional relationship.
Both Jiao and Daniel come across an old book, "84 Charing Cross Road", which tells the story of New York writer Helene Hanff and her 20-year correspondence with British bookseller Frank Doel, whose shop was at 84 Charing Cross Road in London. Daniel and Jiao, both in foul moods and blaming the book for recent misfortunes in their lives, decide to get rid of it by mailing the book to the address in the title. Unbeknown to either of them, the current proprietor of 84 Charing Cross Road, Mr Thomas, is an elderly gentleman who enjoys matchmaking and redirects the letters from Jiao and Daniel to each other.
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