Love of May explained

Love of May
Native Name:	Child: yes Hide: no Header: none T: 五月之戀 S: 五月之恋 P: Wǔ Yuè Zhī Liàn
Director:	Hsu Hsiao-ming
Producer:	Peggy Chiao Hsu Hsiao-ming Tian Zhuangzhuang
Starring:	Bolin Chen Liu Yifei
Music:	Mayday
Editing:	Liao Ching-Song
Distributor:	Arc Light Films
Runtime:	109 minutes
Country:	Taiwan
Language:	Mandarin

Love of May is a 2004 Taiwanese film directed by Hsu Hsiao-ming and starring Bolin Chen and Liu Yifei. The film was inspired by Mayday, a famous rock band from Taiwan. It tells about the love story of Ah Lei, an administrator of Mayday's fansite, and Zhao Xuan, a fangirl of Mayday, who met and fell in love with each other through a lie.^[1]

Plot

Ah Lei (Bolin Chen) is the younger brother of Stone, a guitarist of Mayday. He is also the administrator of Mayday's fansite, in charge of replying to fan letters and emails. One day, he befriended a girl named Zhao Xuan (Liu Yifei) through a chatroom. He told her that he's actually Ashin, the lead vocal of Mayday. She started writing letters to him, believing that he was Ashin. Finally, Xuan's peking opera group from school gets to leave Harbin and travel to Taiwan to perform. The two promised to meet in a library, but Ah Lei didn't have the courage to meet up with her. He decides to follow her around, but did not expect that she followed him back, and that she saw through his lies all along.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Cast

• Bolin Chen as Ah Lei
• Liu Yifei as Zhao Xuan
• Tien Feng as Zhao Geng-sheng
• Mayday as themselves

Production

• The filming of Love of May begun on Oct 18, 2003.^[5]
• The filming locations of Love of May include Taipei, Sanyi, and Harbin.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Release

• Taiwan: July 16, 2004^[9]
• Mainland China: July 30, 2004^{[10] [11]}

Box Office

• Love of May earned 0.46 million New Taiwan dollars on its opening week at Taiwan.^[12]
• Love of May earned 1.16 million New Taiwan dollars at Taipei.^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: LOVE OF MAY a film by :Hsu Hsiao-Ming . Pyramide Films.
2. 吳 . 娟寧 . 《五月之恋》动人心弦！一部情牵两岸的美丽青春电影 . 公視之友 . 2005. 80 . 8 . zh.
3. Web site: 陈柏霖刘亦菲《五月之恋》 . sina . CCTV-6. 2006-08-25. zh.
4. Web site: 《五月之恋》七月"谈" . sina . Beijing Evening News. 2004-06-30. zh.
5. Web site: 刘若英做媒 "五月天"上演《五月之恋》 . Sina Entertainment. 这一策划中的另一作品《五月之恋》已于十月十八日正式开拍. 2003-10-27. zh.
6. Web site: Hsu's latest joins 'Changing China' series . Screen Daily. 2003-05-19. en.
7. Web site: 爱在那个季节　"五月的雪，五月的恋爱" . sina . 南方网. 在《五月之恋》中，拍摄的场景也是相当考究的部分，因为从台北到三义到大陆的哈尔滨，从台湾的田园风景和城市景致到北方冰天雪地零下20度的美丽雪景. 2004-07-16. zh.
8. Web site: 《五月之恋》感伤青春 . chinawriter. 2004-09-04. zh. 《五月之恋》除了捕捉了台北市的景致之外，还有苗栗三义的田园风景.
9. Web site: Love connects across the Taiwan-`Love of May' is another step for Taiwanese film away from intellectual art-house fare and toward the safety of feel-good romances Strait . Taipei Times. 2004-07-09. Taiwan Release: July 16. en.
10. Web site: 《五月之恋》五城市上映 田壮壮监制走青春路线 . sina . Chongqing Evening News. 2004-07-30. zh.
11. Web site: 陈柏霖刘亦菲亮相《五月之恋》上海宣传 . Sina Entertainment. 2004-07-31. zh.
12. Web site: 《五月之戀》票房平平 . Apple Daily. 2004-07-20. zh.
13. Book: Zhou . Xuelin . Youth Culture in Chinese Language Film (Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia) . 2016 . Routledge . 1138678066 . 30. en.