China Synopsis
一句顶一万句
An adaptation of Liu Zhenyun’s award-winning novel One Sentence Worth Ten Thousand, produced by Bill Kong. The novel, which won the Mao Dun Literature Prize after it was published in 2008, revolves around a divorced woman and her married younger brother and deals with loneliness and alienation in contemporary Chinese society. The film marks the feature debut of award-winning short filmmaker Liu Yulin, who is adapting her father’s work. A New York University film graduate, Liu’s short film Door God (2014) won a silver medal at the 41st Student Academy Awards and was selected by Cannes.
The 2015–2017 China Window
191 China films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Someone to Talk To sits at position #142.
The 2010s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Someone to Talk To premiered. 515 total titles in this decade from China.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #765 of 946 China films indexed here (19th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.8 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Drama productions specifically: #473 of 547 (top 86%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Runtime | 1h 49m |
| Release Date | November 4, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt6128848 |