Tiny Times

{{Infobox film

| name = Tiny Times

| image = Tinytimes1.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| director = Guo Jingming

| producer = Li Li
An Xiaofen
Adam Tsuei
Zhou Qiang
Angie Chai

| writer = Guo Jingming

| screenplay = Guo Jingming

| story =

| based_on = Tiny Times 1.0
by Guo Jingming

| narrator =

| starring = Yang Mi
Kai Ko
Amber Kuo
Rhydian Vaughan
Bea Hayden
Evonne Hsieh
Cheney Chen
Li Yueming
Jiang Chao

| 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)

| released = {{Film date|2013|6|27}}

| runtime = 115 minutes{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/tiny-times-film-review-600616|title=Tiny Times: Film Review|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}}

| country = China

| language = Mandarin

| budget = ¥45 million (estimated)

| gross = ¥484 million
(US$79.7 million)

}}

Tiny Times ({{zh|s=小时代}}), also known as Tiny Times 1.0{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3043630/?ref_=ttco_co_tt |title= Tiny Times 1.0 (2013) |accessdate= 2013-07-30|work= imdb.com}} is the first installment of the film series written and directed by Guo Jingming. The movie is based on Guo's best-selling novel of the same name.{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2013/more/reviews/film-review-tiny-times-1200563190/|title=Film Review: 'Tiny Times'|magazine=Variety|date=2013-07-17}}

Plot

The story follows four young women who are high school classmates and later become college roommates. On campus, they start their internships and experience 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.

Cast

Yang Mi as Lin Xiao
Kai Ko as Gu Yuan
Amber Kuo as Gu Li
Rhydian Vaughan as Gong Ming
Bea Hayden as Nan Xiang
Evonne Hsieh as Tang Wanru
Cheney Chen as Zhou Chongguang
Li Yueming as Jian Xi
Jiang Chao as Xi Cheng
Kitty Shang as Kitty
Calvin Tu as Wei Hai
Wang Lin as Ye Chuanping
Ding Qiaowei as Yuan Yi

Release and reception

=Box office=

The film grossed US$79.7 million at the Chinese box office.{{cite web|url= http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/personal-tailor-sets-china-2-d-opening-record|title= Personal Tailor sets China 2-D opening record|last= Ma|first= Kevin|date= 20 December 2013|accessdate= 10 February 2014|work= Film Business Asia|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140223020150/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/personal-tailor-sets-china-2-d-opening-record|archivedate= 23 February 2014}}

=Accolades=

class="wikitable" \|+List of awards and nominations ! \| Award ! \| Category ! \| Nominee ! \| Result
rowspan=2\|China Movie Channel Media Awards{{cite web \|url= http://award.mtime.com/7/2013/ \|title= The 16th Shanghai International Film Festival 2013 \|accessdate= 2013-07-30\|work= mtime.com\|language=Chinese}}	Best Feature		{{Won}} (tied)
Best New Director	Guo Jingming	{{Won}}
9th Chinese American Film Festival	Golden Angel Award: Best Feature		{{won}}