A Beautiful Life
2011 2h 2m movie Film China

A Beautiful Life

不再让你孤单

A Beautiful Life is a China–Hong Kong co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.

Synopsis

不再让你孤单

Fang Zhen Dong is a patrolling officer in Beijing who one night meets the drunk Li Pei Ru while singing karaoke at the KTV place. Li Pei Ru is a real estate agent from Hong Kong who has vowed to make her fortune in the cosmoplitan Beijing, but is caught up in the complexities of life and ends up becoming a mistress of a married man.

China × Hong Kong Co-Production

China (lead)Hong Kong

Other China×Hong Kong titles

Other Titles From Media Asia Films

Romance + Drama in China

85 China titles in our catalog blend the Romance and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding A Beautiful Life itself).

The 2010–2012 China Window

A Beautiful Life holds position #53 of 98 China films in the 2010–2012 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. The Legend of Luo Xiaohei
    #1

    The Legend of Luo Xiaohei

    ★ 9.3 · 2011
  2. A Bite of China
    #2

    A Bite of China

    ★ 8.9 · 2012
  3. Empresses in the Palace
    #3

    Empresses in the Palace

    ★ 8.5 · 2011
  4. Samsara
    #4

    Samsara

    ★ 8.1 · 2011
  5. Let the Bullets Fly
    #5

    Let the Bullets Fly

    ★ 7.7 · 2010
  6. Under the Hawthorn Tree
    #6

    Under the Hawthorn Tree

    ★ 7.7 · 2010
  7. First Time
    #7

    First Time

    ★ 7.7 · 2012
  8. Ocean Heaven
    #8

    Ocean Heaven

    ★ 7.6 · 2010

The 2010s China Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in China, 515 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when A Beautiful Life premiered alongside 39 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 39 other China films in 2011.

The 256th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).

Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).

Audience Engagement

22
Reviews
43rd
Review-volume percentile
21st
Popularity percentile

22 audience reviews — more than 43% of China films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 21th percentile among China films.

Reception Benchmarks

6.2
TMDB Rating
22
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #666 of 946 China films indexed here (30th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.5 points below the China average of 6.7/10.

Among China Romance productions specifically: #79 of 125 (top 63%).

Production Details

Primary CountryChina
All Production CountriesChina, Hong Kong
Original LanguageChinese
Production CompaniesMedia Asia Films
Runtime2h 2m
Release DateMay 13, 2011
IMDbtt1934335