《给阿嬷的情书》在英国首映，现场400包纸巾全送完

当地时间6月20日，电影《给阿嬷的情书》欧洲首映礼在英国伦敦举行。

A special European premiere of the Chinese box-office hit movie Dear You was held in London on Saturday.

The film tells the story of migrants from China's Chaoshan region who journey to Southeast Asia in search of a better life, and captures the pain of separation and the longing for home across generations.

Huang Ping, executive chairwoman of the London Chinatown Chinese Association, said at the premiere that the film's themes of family affection, homesickness and companionship are familiar to many Chinese living overseas."

The feelings for family and homeland conveyed by the film transcend time and distance and the film also reflects the Chinese values of cherishing personal bonds," she said.

Actor Zheng Runqi, speaking to the audience via video link, said many people from the Chaoshan region, along with other overseas Chinese, have put down roots in Southeast Asia and Europe. "I hope that hearing the familiar dialect in the film brings them a sense of happiness," Zheng said.

Liu Shiyi, a London-based entrepreneur who grew up in Chaozhou, South China's Guangdong province, told Xinhua that his parents subsequently found old "qiaopi" preserved by the family after watching the film in China. The letters had been sent back by his great-grandfather's elder and younger brothers.

这部低成本影片自4月30日在中国大陆上映以来，截至6月20日，国内票房已突破18亿元，成为今年目前中国票房第二高的影片。

The modest-budget feature had, by June 20, grossed more than 1.8 billion yuan ($265.9 million) at the domestic box office since its Chinese mainland release on April 30, making it China's second-highest-grossing film so far this year.

记者：郑婉吟

视频：杨怡