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{{Infobox film
| name           = Forever Young
| image          = Forever Young 2015 Chinese film poster.jpg
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| caption        = Theatrical poster
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| t = {{linktext|梔|子|花|開}}
| s = {{linktext|栀|子|花|开}}
| p = zhī zǐ huā kāi
| j = zi1 zi2 faa1 hoi1
| l =  Gardenia in blossom
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| director       = [[He Jiong]]
| producer       = [[Huang Lei]]
| writer         = Ao Li
| starring       = [[Li Yifeng]] <br> [[Zhang Huiwen]]
| music          =
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| released       = {{Film date|2015|07|10}}
| runtime        = 107 minutes
| country        = China
| language       = Mandarin
| budget         =
| gross          = US$41.42 million<ref name="Chinagross">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-tiny-times-808489|title=China Box Office: 'Tiny Times 4.0' Leads as Local Youth Flicks Dominate|author=Clifford Coonan|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=([[Prometheus Global Media]])|date=July 13, 2015|accessdate=July 15, 2015}}</ref>
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'''''Forever Young''''' ({{zh|s=栀子花开}}) is a 2015 Chinese [[coming-of-age film]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/forever-young-a-fluffy-saccharine-chinese-comingofage-tale-20150708-gi7k81.html | title=Forever Young: a fluffy, saccharine Chinese coming-of-age tale |date=2015-07-08 |accessdate= 2015-07-10 |work= [[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref> directed by [[He Jiong]] and starring [[Li Yifeng]] and [[Zhang Huiwen]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.straight.com/movies/486261/superficial-forever-young-panders-millennials-every-turn | title=The superficial Forever Young panders to millennials at every turn |date=2015-07-08 |accessdate= 2015-07-10 |work= [[The Georgia Straight]]}}</ref> The film was released on July 10, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://ent.sina.com.cn/tv/zy/2015-07-09/doc-ifxewxfu4062249.shtml | title=《爱笑》何炅携《栀子花开》挑战镜子屋 |date=2015-07-09 |accessdate= 2015-07-10 |work= [[Sina Corp]]}}</ref>
==Plot==
Set in an arts performing college, the story revolves around Yan Xi and Xu Nuo, a couple who is envied by many in school. The two work hard to achieve their dreams — Xu Nuo wants to eventually get sign on with a music label with his band and Yan Xi wants to go to Paris for ballet school. However, when Yan Xi finds out that she wasn't accepted into the prestigious program, and that her friends had started making alternate plans, she breaks into a tantrum and starts to distance herself. Before she could make amends, her friends died in a car accident. Full of remorse, Yan Xi has a month to come up with a replacement for the Dance of the Cygnets that the four girls were going to perform at the university's Dream Night Graduation Party. However, before she could think of a solution, Yan Xi falls and injures her  leg.
Xu Nuo proposes to his friends that they perform the Dance of the Cygnets themselves. The start training in secret, without Yan Xi's knowledge, intending on giving her a surprise.
==Cast==
* [[Li Yifeng]] as Xu Nuo
* [[Zhang Huiwen]] as Yan Xi
* [[Jiang Jinfu]]
* [[Wei Daxun]]
* Calvin Tu
* [[Zhang Yuxi]]
* [[Li Xin'ai]]
* [[Song Yi (actress)|Song Yi]]
*[[Zhang Yunlong]]
* Chai Ge as Ji Yan
* Wang Youshuo
* [[Coco Lee]]
*[[Liu Haoran]] as Host
*[[Nichkhun]]
==Reception==
The film received negative reviews in regard to its plot and acting.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}
Despite negative reviews, the film made US$38.5 million in its three-day opening weekend in China, debuting at first place at the Chinese box office and third worldwide behind ''[[Minions (film)|Minions]]'' and ''[[Terminator Genisys]]''.<ref name="Intl">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/07/international-box-office-terminator-genisys-minions-inside-out-baahubali-results-1201474737/|title='Minions' Henchmen Nab $124M & No. 1 In 4th Frame; 'Terminator' Generates $47M – Intl Box Office|author=Nancy Tartaglione|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=([[Penske Media Corporation]])|date=July 12, 2015|accessdate=July 13, 2015}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|4819470}}
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[[Category:Heyi Pictures films]]
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