B for Busy

B for Busy (爱情神话, 2021) is a Chinese romantic comedy you can watch online on iFILM — the feature debut of director Shao Yihui, filmed across Shanghai's Jing'an neighbourhood.

A retired painting teacher, long divorced and settled into his solitude, falls for a woman who is also between lives. Then his ex-wife reappears, and a younger student from his art class starts muddying the picture. Xu Zheng, Ma Yili and Wu Yue play characters who feel lived-in rather than constructed — middle-aged people with full histories, working out what actually matters to them now. Shao Yihui isn't interested in melodrama. The film is patient, quietly funny, and genuinely Shanghai in its texture. Stream B for Busy online on iFILM.