Taiwanese director Leste Chen Zhengdao shows Chinese moviegoers what it is like to return to one's youth in one of the most heartwarming films of 2014, "Miss Granny."
Starring Kuei Ya-Lei as the 74-year-old widow Shen Mengjun, the film tackles the "impossible possibility" of an old woman to return to her 20's to help her grandson Xiang Qianjin, portrayed by EXO's Lu Han, to realize his dream.
The plot, which was impeccably similar to the 2009 American film "17 Again" starring the High School Musical heartthrob Zac Efron, begins when Shen feels that she is becoming a burden to her family.
As her son and daughter-in-law were about to shun her from the family, she then returns to her 20-year-old self via a mystical photography studio and poses a new identity under the name Shen Lijun, played by Yang Zishan.
Earlier in 2014, a South Korean version of "Miss Granny" was released under the supervision of director Hwang Dong-hyuk.
Hwang, a South Korean director, made an agreement with the Taiwanese director to create their own versions of the film based on the same script and was supposed to be released at the same time.
However, Leste Chen explained that the production of the heartwarming film was postponed until the last quarter of 2014 because he had to supervise "The Great Hypnotist" first.
"Miss Granny" was left with an uncertain fate in the local box office after its South Korean counterpart became a blockbuster hit.
Fortunately, the Chinese version of the film had been accepted well by Chinese moviegoers, even making it one of the films to reach the top of China's box-office charts.