Love beneath the gingko

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-08-25 09:12

Actress and director Yu Feihong on the sets of Eternal Beloved. File photo

Yu Feihong expresses her inner self in her latest movie, Eternal Beloved, a tragic romance. In addition to the film being her first as a director, Yu plays two roles.

"My philosophy about love is similar to the roles. But my personal life is quiet and not dramatic, so I wanted to express my opinion of an ideal and simple love through a movie," Yu says. "I strongly believe in fate. I am still single and waiting for the right person to come."

The movie centers on a 50-year romance between the dead and the living. Duan Yihong plays A Ming, who promises A Jiu (played by Yu) he will reunite with her under the ginkgo tree after death. He waits for 50 years to meet up with A Jiu, who becomes Xiao Yu (also played by Yu) in her second life.

"It is not just love they are looking for. They are looking for closure and relief. The story shows that even if you are apart because of destiny and space, love is eternal - even though the ending is not what you might expect," she says.

The movie is based on the short novel, Ginkgo, Ginkgo, written by Shanghai-based author Xu Lan, in 1990.

"When I first read the novel, I just wanted to kill some time on the flight," Yu recalls. "But the story lingered in my heart for 13 years. It was like a date between the story and me."

At first she tried to persuade others to do the film, but finally she was persuaded by her friends to do it herself.

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