This Is Not What I Expected

This Is Not What I Expected
Poster
Directed by Derek Hui[1]
Produced by Peter Chan
Xu Yuezhen
Based on Finally I Get You by Lan Bai Se
Starring Takeshi Kaneshiro
Zhou Dongyu
Release date
  • April 27, 2017 (2017-04-27)
Country China
Hong Kong[1]
Language Mandarin
Budget US$18 million[2]
Box office US$30 million[3]

This Is Not What I Expected (Chinese: 喜欢你) is a 2017 romantic comedy film directed by Derek Hui and produced by Peter Chan, starring Zhou Dongyu and Takeshi Kaneshiro. It is adapted from the novel Finally I Get You written by Lan Bai Se.[4] The film was released on April 27, 2017.

Plot

29-year-old Gu Sheng Nan (Zhou Dongyu) is a chef at Western restaurant in a hotel who is in a secret relationship with the hotel's general manager. After a financial crisis hit the hotel, the manager breaks up with her and she loses her job at the same time. In this state of distress, she meets the picky and arrogant Lu Jin (Takeshi Kaneshiro), who is there to take over the hotel, and forms a relationship with him. They become a couple despite their wildly different personalities, bonding over their love for food.

Cast

Reception

The film grossed a total of CN¥209.9 million in China.[5]

Awards and nominations

Awards Category Nominee Results Ref.
2nd Golden Screen AwardsBest Co-Production FilmThis Is Not What I ExpectedWon[6]
Best ActorTakeshi KaneshiroWon
14th Guangzhou Student Film FestivalMost Popular ActressZhou DongyuWon[7]
12th Asian Film AwardsBest ActressNominated[8]
Best New DirectorDerek HuiNominated
Best Production DesignBen LukNominated
9th China Film Director's Guild Awards Best Film This Is Not What I Was Expected Nominated [9][10]
Best Actress Zhou Dongyu Won
Best Screenwriter Xu Yimeng, Li Yuan Nominated
37th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest New DirectorDerek HuiNominated[11]
Best Original Film Song"When I Love You"Nominated
Best Costume Make Up DesignDora NgNominated

References

  1. 1 2 "'Legend Of The Demon Cat' leads Asian Film Awards nominations". Screen Daily.
  2. ↑ Liz Shackleton (13 March 2017). "The 24 hottest projects at this year's Hong Kong Filmart". Screen Daily. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "This Is Not What I Expected (2017)". The Numbers. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "喜欢你". Baidu. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "喜欢你（2017）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Golden Screen Awards: China's 'This Is Not What I Expected' Takes Top Honor". The Hollywood Reporter. October 29, 2017.
  7. ↑ "广州大学生电影节落幕 吴京周冬雨获最受欢迎演员". People's Daily (in Chinese). December 3, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Asian Film Awards 2018 nominations". South China Morning Post. January 11, 2018.
  9. ↑ "电影导演协会2017年度入围名单揭晓 吴京入围最佳导演". ifeng (in Chinese). February 27, 2018.
  10. ↑ "导演协会年度表彰《嘉年华》《芳华》 周冬雨影后". Sina (in Chinese). April 22, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Hong Kong Film Awards nominations 2018: Ann Hui's Our Time Will Come leads race with 11 nods". South China Morning Post. February 6, 2018.
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