THE DATING GAME
The loneliness epidemic hits even harder for men in China, a nation where the One Child Policy has led to men outnumbering women by at least 30 million. As a result, Zhou, Li and Wu, three working-class bachelors, turn to Hao, China’s top dating coach and his seven-day transformative dating camp.. Hao’s promise? Using his signature “strategic deception” technique, the men will find girlfriends, and soon. Hao’s main critic? His wife…who is also a relationship coach.
Simultaneously entertaining and nuanced, director Violet Du Feng’s THE DATING GAME skillfully explores themes of loneliness, self-worth and desirability with empathy and humour. These personal stories form a broader narrative–connecting government policy, social pressure and shifting gender norms in a way that constantly fascinates.
- Festivals
- Sundance Film Festival
- Director
- Violet Du Feng
- Producer
- Joanna Natasegara, James Costa, Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas, Violet Du Feng
- Screenwriter
- Violet Du Feng, John Farbrother
- Cinematographer
- Wei Gao
- Editor
- John Farbrother
- Music
- Chad Cannon
