Xu Jinglei’s new self-directed and self-acted, metropolitan romance movie “Go Lala Go!” with Pace Wu, Stanley Huang, and Karen Mok will shown in major theaters in mainland China on April 15th.  The story tells of a college graduate who works her way up the corporate ladder and romances her boss along the way. Xu Jinglei, who in real life can be considered one of the most successful Chinese actresses, having directed award-winning films, having the number 1 blog on technorati, and her own web-magazine for women, had originally felt she was too old to star in her own movie but to do financial and other reasons ended up playing the part and hand-picked Stanley Xu for the role of Wang Wei, her boss in the film.

When talking about their cooperation, Xu expressed that they had a chance to work together years ago, but unfortunately did not work out. “We didn’t knew that we had the honor again to work together last year, except that the movie theme has gone from ancient to modern.” Xu says, “Although Huang on stage appears energetic and outgoing, he’s actually a quite reserved person in private, and very polite.”

The actor in “Lala” later received many praises from friends working as executive officers, and Xu proudly complimented herself, “It proves that I have good taste by choosing him.”Xu Jinglei had a hard time hiding her admiration towards Stanley Huang, “He’s handsome, quite talented, and I feel calmed whenever I look at him.” The two sat together yesterday, and frequently exchanged words by each others’ ears. In the movie “Go Lala Go”, Huang is acting as the boss of Xu, but in real life Xu is directing Huang, and this has caused some confusion for Huang, who often had trouble identifying the perspectives of Xu’s lines. - translation by ixiedin

Director Ivy Ho and Tang Wei posing for a Sina Interview

This is not the only film out this April in China by a female director. A total of four films are hitting theaters in China by female directors. Besides Du Lala, there’s “A Side B Side” (or Double Life) by famous sixth generation director Ning Ying will be released April 8th. Starring Zhang Jingchu, it is being billed as China’s first mental institute-based black comedy. Crossing Hennessy  marks the return of Ivy Ho AND Tang Wei. And nominated for nine Golden Horse Awards, Hong Kong director Clara Law’s Like a Dream starring Yuan Quan and Daniel Wu will finally be released nationwide in theaters this April.

Zhang Jingchu is living the "Double Life" in Ning Ying's "A Side B Side"