Midsummer Future (2021)
Director: Chen Zhengdao
Screenwriter: Shen Yang / Zhan Chen
Starring: Zhang Zifeng / Wu Lei / Hao Lei / Zu Feng / Liu Xiaohai
Genre: Drama
Country/Region of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Release Date: 2021-07-30 (Chinese mainland)
Runtime: 115 minutes
Names: End of the Century Future / Future of the Future / Upcoming Summer
"Midsummer Future" is a youth film co-produced by Huayi Brothers Film Co., Ltd., Dongyang Upward Film Co., Ltd., directed by Chen Zhengdao, written by Shen Yang and Zhan Chen, starring Zhang Zifeng and Wu Lei, and starring Hao Lei, Zu Feng, Liu Xiaohai, etc., which will be released in Chinese mainland on July 30, 2021.
The film focuses on the youth growth of the post-2000 generation, telling the story of Chen Chen, who is about to take the college entrance examination, and Zheng Yuxing, a campus celebrity.
Midsummer Future plot
Chen Chen (played by Zhang Zifeng), who is about to take the college entrance examination, was depressed because he found out that his mother (played by Hao Lei) and Uncle Wang (played by Zu Feng) were having an "affair", but at this time, he met campus Internet celebrity Zheng Yuxing (played by Wu Lei) unexpectedly because of a lie. In their unsolved youth, the two faced various problems of growth together, bravely faced their true selves, and witnessed each other's growth and transformation after this summer passed.
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Starring:
Zhang Zifeng
China's post-00s young actors have performed many different types of classic roles on the screen. In 2012, he won the Best Newcomer Award at the 31st China Film Hundred Flowers Awards for his role as Xiao Fangdeng in "Tangshan Earthquake", and began to gradually emerge. In 2018, Zhang Zifeng starred in the movie "Hello, Zhihua" and was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress for this film. In 2021, the movie "My Sister" starring Zhang Zifeng has a good reputation, and Zhang Zifeng won the 19th China Film Huabiao Award for Outstanding Actress with this film, becoming the youngest winner of the award in the past, and won the Best Actress Award at the 16th China Changchun Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Actress at the 34th China Film Golden Rooster Awards, Best Actress at the 36th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards, and Best Actress at the 15th Asian Film Awards. In addition, in the movies "Detective Chinatown", "My Motherland and Me", "Midsummer Future", "Chinese Doctor" and other films, her vigorous vitality and infectious performance also left a deep impression on the audience.
Wu Lei
Born in Shanghai on December 26, 1999, he is a young actor in Chinese mainland.
In 2002, three-year-old Wu Lei performed more than 50 commercials one after another, inspiring Wu Lei's acting talent. Then he participated in the TV series "Young Yang Jiajiang" and "Fengming Qishan of the God List", and started the road of acting. played Feiliu in the TV series "Langya Bang"; "Whirlwind Girl" as Hu Yifeng; "Sand Sea" as Li Tuan; "Breaking the Sky" as Xiao Yan; played Lu Xiaobei in "Crossfire"; played Ashler Falcon in "Long Song Xing"; "Set Sail: When the Wind Rises" as Xiao Chuang; played Ling Budo in "The Splendid Stars and the Moon Rises in the Sea". played Major General Yang Ping in the movie "Shadow" directed by Zhang Yimou, played the blind Chen Leyun in the movie "Love", played the free soul Zheng Yuxing in the youth movie "Midsummer Future", and played Ma Chengfeng in the Wu Jing unit of "Me and My Fathers".
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