Beijing Culture’s time-travel comedy Hi, Mom, which opened the Lunar New Year holiday in distant second place behind Wanda picture’s Detective Chinatown 3, has suddenly risen to the front of the pack.

The sudden change reflects the extent     1     which Hi, Mom has become China’s clear favorite among the Lunar New Year offerings.     2     (write), directed by and co-starring female filmmaker Jia Ling, Hi, Mom has received the     3     (good) user review ratings by far of the seven films currently on release.

The film stars Chinese comedy veteran Jia as a devoted daughter     4     world is turned upside-down after her mother dies suddenly     5     accident. In a state of     6     (emotion) crisis, she finds herself mysteriously transported back to 1981, where she meets her mother (Zhang Xiaofei) and the social group of her youth. Jia’s character attempts to improve her     7     (mother) life by using ideas from the future, but her plans     8     (repeat) go wrong.

Hi, Mom reflects on how Jia misses her late mother Li Huanying, who encouraged her to pursue her artistic dreams. The film     9     (base) on her memories of their time together. It’s also loosely adapted from a sketch comedy bit she performed on the first season of Zhejiang TV’s hit variety show Comedy General Mobilization in 2016. Thanks to Hi, Mom’s powerful     10     (perform) to date, Jia is already China’s most commercially successful female filmmaker ever.

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With smiling eyes, a quick wit (智力) and a good sense of humor, Jia Ling has long been a well-known female comedian (喜剧演员) for her extremely funny performances. But     1     (recent), she has gained another title Jia starred in and directed the film Hi, Mom,     2     tells a time-travel story. The film     3     (consider) as the leading dark horse among the movies released (上映) during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday. It is in memory     4     her late mother Li Huanying, who encouraged Jia to pursue (追求) her artistic dreams. By Feb 23,2021, it     5     (earn) more than 4 billion yuan, enabling Jia to become the top box office grossing (票房收入) female film director in China. Now she is on the path to becoming     6     international name in the filmmaking industry.

So what is the secret behind Jia’s success? One factor may be her passion for comedy. Jia    7     (go) to Beijing’s Central Academy of Drama in 2001. In the last 20 years, she has performed crosstalk (相声) in various     8     (compete) and shows. She has also played comedic roles in many comedies on the big screen. Besides, the way     9     (make) the film also makes Jia Ling’s work stand out. We’ll wait and see whether Jia will become one of China’s     10     (popular) directors.

There are various festivals throughout the world, festivals to satisfy and please the     1     (ancestor), to honor some famous people or important events, and     2     (express) people’s thanks to the God     3     bringing them harvest. For example, in Mexico people observe the Day of the Dead in early November,     4     people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with “bones” on them. In India, October 2 is     5     national festival to honour Mohandas Gandhi who helped India become a(n)     6     (depend) country. And in China, the Spring Festival, which     7     (celebrate) in January or February, is the most     8     (energy) and important because it is a festival that looks forward to the coming of spring.     9     are there all these festivals? Because during the festivals, people can get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other,     10     (forget) all the daily struggle and demands for a while.