A Beautiful Life (2011 film)

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A Beautiful Life
Hong Kong poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	不再讓你孤單
Simplified Chinese	不再让你孤单
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bù Zaì Ràng Ní Gū Dān Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Bat1 Zoi3 Jeong6 Nei2 Gu1 Daan1
Directed by	Andrew Lau
Written by	Theresa Tang
Produced by	Andrew Lau
Starring	Shu Qi Liu Ye Tian Liang Feng Danying Sa Rina Zhang Songwen Gao Tian Anthony Wong
Cinematography	Andrew Lau Lai Yiu-fai
Edited by	Azrael Chung
Music by	Chan Kwong-wing
Production companies	Media Asia Films Beijing Bona Film and Cultural Communication China Film Media Asia Audio Video Distribution Basic Pictures
Distributed by	Media Asia Distributions
Release dates	13 May 2011 (2011-05-13) (China) 26 May 2011 (2011-05-26) (Hong Kong)
Running time	124 minutes
Countries	China Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin
Box office	$3,707,927[1][2]

A Beautiful Life (simplified Chinese: 不再让你孤单; traditional Chinese: 不再讓你孤單) is a 2011 Chinese romance film directed by Andrew Lau. Its cast includes Shu Qi, Liu Ye, Tian Liang, Feng Danying, Sa Rina, Zhang Songwen Gao Tian, and Anthony Wong.

A real-estate agent Li Peiru gets drunk at a karaoke bar and throws up on a lonely cop Fang Zhendong. Zhendong quickly feels a connection to the flirtatious Peiru despite the fact that she is having an affair with her married boss. The affair ends with Peiru finding out that her boss has been cheating on her.

Peiru works hard to get funding for her business idea, and when she repeatedly fails, Fang sells his house and puts up the money to fund her business. The business fails before it can even get started, and she finds herself destitute.

Meanwhile, Fang has found out that an injury is causing him to slowly lose his mental faculties. To make matters worse, Fang loses his job as a police officer after using an official vehicle for personal purposes. As she begins to recover from the loss of her business, Peiru begins to appreciate the selfless support she has received from Fang. She realizes that she has fallen in love with Zhendong, but she is unable to find him since he had moved. One day, when she has established herself in a regular job, Fang's friend comes to see her. She was told of Fang's progressively worsening condition and heads off to look for him. They meet and reconnect. He insists that she move on since he can no longer support her, but will need her support. She stays and they eventually get married.

Fang is aware that his condition is worsening over time. Eventually, he is unable to do his job and gets lost on his way home from work. Upon arriving back at home, he finds out from Peiru that she is pregnant. As Fang's condition worsens, he finds himself forgetting more every day, which makes taking care of his new child difficult and frustrating.

Fang sees a burglar coming out of a home near his, and gives chase. After a run through the back-alleys of his neighborhood, he is hit on the head with a brick and ends up in the hospital with serious head trauma. After days of keeping constant vigil by his bedside, Peiru becomes sick and passes out just as Fang's heart stops beating. They both flash-back to earlier, better times.

She awakens to Fang at her bedside apologizing for making her worry. They live happily ever after.

• Official website
• A Beautiful Life at IMDb
• A Beautiful Life at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• The Beautiful Life at Hong Kong Cinemagic