Yan Bingyan, lead actress of the film "Teeth of Love".

"Pain is the shortcut to Love". That's what a new romance film tries to tell its audience through the stories it narrates.

A premiere ceremony was held on Tuesday in Beijing for the low-budget film Teeth of Love. Director Zhuang Yuxin and the film leads attended the event, Sina entertainment reports.

Mainland actress Yan Bingyan played a 30-something woman in the movie, one whose three romances all end in physical as well as psychological pain.

Against the development of the lead actress, it also documents the backdrop of the rapid social and economic change in the Chinese mainland in recent decades.

As the debut feature of the experienced screenwriter and an associate professor at the prestigious Beijing Film Academy, Zhuang disclosed that it took him nearly 10 years to perfect the screenplay. No wonder it has received so much applause from the critics.

The film has been played at the 2007 Deauville Asian Film Festival in France and also won the award for Best Feature at the 14th Beijing Student Film Festival. It was invited to attend the 31st Montreal World Film Festival, which starts on August 24, the day of its public release.

 
(CRI.cn August 22, 2007)