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The family comedy by rookie Korean filmmaker Kang Hyoung-chul tells the hilarious trials of Hyun-Su (Cha Tae-Hyun), a former television actor-turned-popular radio disc jockey, whose enviable bachelor life is challenged when he suddenly learns he is a grandfather thanks to a young girl (Park Bo-Young) who has a son (Wang Seok-Hyun) and claims to be his daughter.

Hyun-Su forces the girl to stay in his home and offers to provide for both her and her son in exchange for her silence.

Bonds are developed between the three, but the three-generation household soon reveals Hyun-Su's selfish bachelor ways, and the lines of communication begin to break down.

The low-budget film proved to be a hit last year upon its release back home in Korea, where it ran for months, selling over 8 million box office tickets. The movie has also attracted a Hollywood remake by director Barry Sonnenfeld.

Wheat

Following the success of his adventure film Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2003), Chinese director He Ping returns with a drama that stories society's unwanted lonely: the deserted, the widows and the peasants.

Dirt Rich in Shanghai

Taiwan director Peter Lee delivers the romantic comedy about a newly rich man (Sun Honglei) determined to lift his average Joe image in order to win over a famous actress. He enlists the help of a publicity executive (Kelly Lin) to help him step up his game. But when the man finally gets the movie star he realizes that the girl he really wants is the one who has been in front of him all along.

The Message

Due to its star power and suspending storylines, the film has received wide attention. Set in China in 1942, when it was occupied by the Japanese, the film centers on a Japanese spy working to identify a Chinese agent from a group of suspects. Starring Zhou Xun, Li Bingbing, Zhang Hanyu and Huang Xiaoming.

Chen Nan

(China Daily 10/10/2009 page14)