The Faces of My Gene

Bei Xiaobei (Yue Yunpeng) is a self abased writer because he feels himself too fat. Because of his poor appearance, he often ran into a wall in real life. Later, he unwittingly finds a long dusty family tree. And accidentally crosses through the ages to meet with his ancestors.{{cite news|url=http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2018-02/25/content_712201.htm|script-title=zh:《祖宗十九代》 “相声电影”已成烂片定律|newspaper=bjnews.com.cn|date=2018-02-25|language=zh|accessdate=2021-07-14}}

• Yue Yunpeng as Bei Xiaobei, a writer
• Lin Chi-ling as Liya, Bei Xiaobei's love interest
• Wu Xiubo as Mei Qiantu
• Wu Jing as Mei Banfa, a Ming dynasty swordsman
• Wang Baoqiang as Erdangjia
• Dong Chengpeng as Xiao Zhuge
• Sandra Ng as Nüwa, Bei Xiaobei's mother
• Eddy Ou as Mei Xingfu, a professor during the Republic of China
• Du Chun as Mei Xiwang, a Qing dynasty scholar
• Zhang Guoli as Doctor Bei, Bei Xiaobei's father
• Ma Su as Lily, a singer
• Zhang Li as Zi An
• Yu Qian as Feng Jiuye
• Guo Qilin as Wang Baobao, Mei Banfa's junior fellow apprentice.
• Fan Bingbing as Bei Xiaobei's ancestor
• Guo Degang as Bei Xiaobei's ancestor
• Jing Boran as Lei, a writer
• Li Chen as Zhang Baishun, a Jin dynasty imperial physician
• Zheng Kai as Lei's broker
• Jia Nailiang as Wang Xiao'er, a martial artist
• Jam Hsiao as Gonggong
• Wu Yue as Kuafu
• Jiro Wang as Zhurong
• Huang Lei as the boss of the publishing house
• Sean Sun as the host
• Jia Ling as a woman
• Evonne Hsieh as Mei Qiantu's wife
• Meng Fei
• Xie Nan as the female reporter
• Wang Xiaoli as Shennong
• Chang Chen-kuang as Zi An's father
• Liu Bei as Tong Tiechui
• Sun Yue as the Emperor's uncle
• Hu Shanshan as Wang Gangtie, Mei Xingfu's fiancée

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|lyrics1 = Wu Songjin/Zhao Yingjun

|music1 = Feng Cong

|extra1 = Guo Degang/Yue Yunpeng/Guo Qilin/Zhang Yunlei

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|title2 = Is It Important To Be Beautiful ({{lang|zh-Hans|漂亮重要吗}})

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The Faces of My Gene is the comedian-turned director Guo Degang's directorial debut.

A total of 33 celebrities joined the cast during filming, including Wu Xiubo, Wu Jing, Wang Baoqiang, Fan Bingbing, Sandra Ng, Zhang Guoli, and Ma Su.{{cite news|url=http://news.mtime.com/2017/12/21/1576671.html|script-title=zh:岳云鹏遭井柏然林志玲颜值双暴击郭德纲执导电影《祖宗十九代》曝预告|newspaper=Mtime|date=2017-12-21|language=zh|accessdate=2021-07-14}}

The film was released on February 16, 2018 in China.

The film received mainly negative reviews.{{cite news|url=http://bjwb.bjd.com.cn/html/2018-02/26/content_225248.htm|script-title=zh:《祖宗十九代》：穿越之旅难翻身 |newspaper=bjd.com.cn|date=2018-02-26|language=zh|accessdate=2018-05-18|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518195919/http://bjwb.bjd.com.cn/html/2018-02/26/content_225248.htm|archivedate=2018-05-18|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://op.inews.qq.com/m/20180330A1G5MR00?refer=100000355&chl_code=kb_news_movie&h=0|script-title=zh:《祖宗十九代》网友的评论太狠了|newspaper=Tencent|date=2018-03-30|language=zh|accessdate=2018-05-18|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518130138/http://op.inews.qq.com/m/20180330A1G5MR00?refer=100000355&chl_code=kb_news_movie&h=0|archivedate=2018-05-18|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://op.inews.qq.com/m/20180330A0R49M00?refer=100000355&chl_code=kb_news_bagua&h=0|script-title=zh:《祖宗十九代》从电影院全面下线|newspaper=Tencent|date=2018-03-30|language=zh|accessdate=2018-05-18|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518130054/http://op.inews.qq.com/m/20180330A0R49M00?refer=100000355&chl_code=kb_news_bagua&h=0|archivedate=2018-05-18|url-status=dead}}

The Faces of My Gene collected more than 100 million yuan on its opening weekend.{{cite news|url=http://www.sd.xinhuanet.com/news/yule/2018-02/23/c_1122440660_2.htm|script-title=zh:《祖宗十九代》总算票房破亿了，但郭德纲却这样说|newspaper=Xinhuanews|date=2018-03-23|language=zh|accessdate=2018-05-18|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518195844/http://www.sd.xinhuanet.com/news/yule/2018-02/23/c_1122440660_2.htm|archivedate=2018-05-18|url-status=dead}}

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