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Waiting Alone is a 2004 Chinese romantic comedy film written and directed by Chinese-American filmmaker Dayyan Eng, depicting the lives of a group of hip twenty-something Beijing residents. The film features Chinese movie stars Xia Yu, Gong Beibi, Li Bingbing, and Hong Kong superstar Chow Yun-fat in his first mainland Chinese film appearance. Waiting Alone was nominated for three Chinese academy awards including Best Picture - the first time a nomination was awarded to a foreign director in this category.