'The Future Us') is a 2018 Chinese romantic drama film directed by Taiwanese singer-actress Rene Liu in her directorial debut and produced by Zhang Yibai.

[2] The film explores the relationship between a man and a woman who share the same rural hometown and try to find personal and professional fulfillments together in Beijing in the face of economic, social, familial, and romantic adversity.

During the Chunyun period, two strangers, Lin Jianqing and Fang Xiaoxiao, meet on the train while traveling home.

The couple begins to disconnect as Jianqing becomes increasingly angry and distant, picking fights with strangers and arguing with his father.

Xiaoxiao sees Jianqing on the news where he talks about the inspiration of the game's story and how it ties back to her.

It is later revealed that Jianqing's father was already blind and thought his son had married Xiaoxiao, but quickly realized it wasn't her.

He writes Xiaoxiao a final letter, telling her that he wishes she would have ended up with his son, but life doesn't go according to plan.

The script was created by Zhang Biyai based on a short story Home for Chinese New Year.

[4][5] Liu remarked that shooting scenes in minus 40 degrees Celsius weather was painfully cold.

[6] Taihai Publishing released a 288-page book by the director and her thoughts throughout the production, including on-set photography.

The song was composed by George Chen and written by David Ke, and the music video was directed by Shen Xiaowei.

[citation needed] The success of the movie made Liu the first female Chinese filmmaker with a film earning over one billion yuan.

[16] Eddie Strait of the Daily Dot remarked that, "[Liu] is a generous storyteller, unafraid to let her characters make mistakes but never vilifying them.".

[17] Joe Reid of Decider.com described it as "a simple but beautifully filmed love story that touches upon the economic realities of the world [...]"[18] John Berra of Screen Daily commented on how, "Liu deftly handles the peaks and troughs of young love, eliciting winning performances from Jing and Zhou.