| Tiny Times | |
| Director: | Guo Jingming |
| Producer: | Li Li An Xiaofen Adam Tsuei Zhou Qiang Angie Chai |
| Screenplay: | Guo Jingming |
| Based On: | Tiny Times 1.0 by Guo Jingming |
| Music: | Hou Zhijian |
| Cinematography: | Randy Che |
| Editing: | Gu Xiaoyun |
| Studio: | He Li Chen Guang Media EE-Media Star Ritz Prods. H&R Century Pictures Beijing Forbidden City Film Le Vision Pictures (Tianjin) Le Vision Pictures Shenzhen Desen Intl. Media Amazing Film Studio Comic Ritz Film & TV Culture Mission Media Investment |
| Distributor: | China Film Group Cooperation (China) Dasheng International Media (China) Le Vision Pictures Co. (China) |
| Runtime: | 115 minutes[1] |
| Country: | China |
| Language: | Mandarin |
| Budget: | ¥45 million (estimated) |
| Gross: | ¥484 million (US$79.7 million) |
Tiny Times, also known as Tiny Times 1.0[2] is the first installment of the film series written and directed by Guo Jingming and based on the best-selling novel of the same name also by Guo.[3]
The four young women are classmates in high school and roommates in college. On campus, they start their internships and cope with a series of romantic affairs. After graduation, they continue their correspondence, suffused with misunderstanding and jealousy. However, they have all changed significantly.
After graduation, Lin Xiao settles into her job as an editorial assistant at a fashion magazine and acclimating herself to the glamorous, high-octane world of haute couture. She meets her demanding and cold boss, Gong Ming, whose melancholic persona is described by Lin Xiao as “a distant, lonely planet in the universe”. Her work puts her relationship with her high school sweet heart, Jian Xi in peril.
Meanwhile, Gu Li faces struggle in her relationship with Gu Yuan at the intervention of his mother, who seeks to marry him off to an even wealthier family. Nan Xiang paints to support her fashion design studies, while at the same time struggle with her on-and-off relationship with abusive boyfriend Xi Cheng. Wan Ru worries that her aspirations in life are never really made certain, and the fact that she might not get a boyfriend.
The film grossed US$79.7 million at the Chinese box office.[4]
| Category | Nominee | Result | ||
| China Movie Channel Media Awards[5] | Best Feature | (tied) | ||
| Best New Director | Guo Jingming | |||
| Golden Angel Award: Best Feature |
| Song Category | Song Name | Singer | Notes |
| Theme song | 我好想你 | Sodagreen | |
| Ending theme song | 回聲樂團 | Echo | |
| Soundtrack | 時間煮雨 | Yisa Yu | |
| 殘忍的纏綿 | Liu Xin | ||
| 萬物無邪 | Cheney Chen | ||
| 不再見 | |||
| 歲月縫花 | |||
| 雨 | Fu Mengni | ||
| 熱雪 | Vision Wei | ||
| Are you with me | Gao Kaiwei | ||
| 你讓星星發亮 | |||
| 不管發生什麼別放開我的手 | |||
| 停停停 | |||
| Go | Julia Wu | ||
| Love Come Undone | |||
| Auld Lang Syne | |||
| Whatever | |||
| Roller Coaster | Terence | ||
| Everything | |||
| Everybody Feel Like Dancing | |||
| 微光 | Sodagreen | ||