A low-budget, regional-dialect film with no movie stars, no franchise backing, and no major marketing push has become one of the biggest surprises in China's film industry in years -- and it is forcing studios and investors to question a formula long regarded as the safest route to box-office success.

July13,2026

At the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, around 150 guests, including diplomatic envoys and their spouses as well as other diplomats from 74 foreign embassies and 8 regional and international organizations, attended a screening of the film here on Monday. After the screening, the diplomatic envoys and other attendees exchanged views with the cast members of the film.

July07,2026

"Dear You," a low-budget film shot largely in the Chaoshan (Teochew) dialect, has become one of China's most unexpected box-office successes this year.

June26,2026

The story follows a debt-ridden young man who travels from the Chaoshan region in south China, one of the major origins of the Nanyang migration, to Thailand in search of his grandfather and uncovers a family secret linked to "qiaopi," letters and remittances sent home by overseas Chinese.

June22,2026