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Starry Starry Night is a taiwanais film of genre Drama released in USA on 23 march 2012 with Xu Jiao
Starry Starry Night (2011)
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Add to a movie listStarry Starry Night (星空) is a 2011 Taiwanese-Chinese fantasy drama film based on an illustrated novel by Taiwanese author Jimmy Liao. The film is directed by director Tom Lin, and it stars actress Xu Jiao as Xiao Mei. In addition, actor Lin Hui-min will play the role of Xiao Jie.
Starry Starry Night was first showcased at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival as part of its "New Currents" film category. It was released in Chinese and Taiwanese cinemas on 3 and 4 November 2011, respectively.
Synopsis
Xiao Mei used to live with her grandparents up in the mountains. When she later moves to the city to live with her parents, she finds the place cold and distant as compared to the village she once lived in. She longs for a simple and carefree life, and the experience of lying down on a field at night and looking up at the starry night above. Her parents are experiencing work-related stress and are having marriage problems.Actors
Xu Jiao
(Hsieh Hsin-Mei / May)
Rene Liu
(Xiao Mei's Mother)
Kenneth Tsang Wing Kong
Kwai Lun-mei
(a grown-up Xiao Mei who is living in France with her mother and younger sister many years later.)
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