Fang Yaodong is not a character in a TV series, but a character in a movie. Please don't believe her.

Please don't believe that she is a 106-minute romance produced by Dida Times Cultural Communication. The film was written and directed by Yang, starring Zhang Ruonan, and was released in China on May 20, 2023. Fang Yaodong is a character in the film, played by the actor Wu Yuhan. He is a "small town man", naive, kind and inarticulate. Bai Na, who met by chance on a cruise ship, came to his house and lied that his girlfriend had won the love of the whole family.

He tried to explain to his family, but in vain, pointing out that "she is a liar" didn't help either. Grandma turned a blind eye, and his aunt, uncle and sister "collectively defected". Dad even kicked him out of the house. In desperation, he reached a contract with Bai Na, and once the game was finished, Bai Na left his home.

This film is a remake of the Korean film of the same name in 2004. It tells the story of "charlatan" Bai Na and Fang Yaodong who don't know each other on the boat. Unexpectedly, I mistakenly thought it was Fang Yaodong's daughter-in-law and was warmly received by Fang Jia. In order to expose Bai Na's lies and win the trust of his family, Fang Yaodong and Bai Na had a big fight, and their jokes kept falling in love.

Film Review of Please Don't Believe Her

Both Chinese and Korean versions tell the story that the heroine is pure and beautiful in appearance, but clever in deception. She lied that the man and his girlfriend entered his house, won the love and recognition of relatives, friends and elders of the whole family, and finally became a pair of "telling the judge" with the man who desperately wanted to expose his identity. In 2004, the Korean film was released, and this story was established. Under the technical conditions of that year, the hostess used the advantage of poor information transmission to lie and impersonate herself, which formed the punch line and narrative suspense of the whole comedy.

The Korean version of the film is a love "myth" from a female perspective. But please don't believe that she is much softer on women. Under the care and arrangement of men, she finally confirmed "love" with a fairy-tale ceremony. In China society where gender rights are basically equal, this modern love story has a "sweet pet" value expression, giving the initiative back to men, and women have to rely on men to coax them.