| When a Snail Falls in Love | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Crime Suspense Romance |
| Based on | When a Snail Falls in Love by Ding Mo |
| Written by | Zhu Zhu |
| Directed by | Zhang Kaizhou[1] |
| Starring | Wang Kai Wang Ziwen |
| Country of origin | China |
| Original language | Chinese |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Hou Hongliang[1] |
| Running time | 30 minutes[2] |
| Production company | Daylight Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | Dragon Television |
| Release | 24 October – 12 December 2016 |
| Related | |
| Love Me If You Dare Memory Lost | |
When a Snail Falls in Love (Chinese: 如果蜗牛有爱情; pinyin: rú guǒ wō niú yǒu ài qíng) is a 2016 Chinese television series directed by Zhang Kai-zhou and produced by Daylight Entertainment. It stars Wang Kai, Wang Ziwen, Xu Yue, and Yu Heng. It is based on Ding Mo's novel of the same title, who also wrote Love Me If You Dare starring Wallace Huo.[2][1] The series aired on Dragon TV from 24 October to 12 December 2016.
The series saw 200 million online hits the first week,[3] and on 15 November the production team announced that the show had reached 1 billion views online.[4] The show is also popular with international viewers, with a 9.4[5] out 10 score on Viki, and has been praised for its suspenseful storyline and tightly woven plot.[citation needed]
The series was remade in Thai under the same title in 2023.[6]
Synopsis
[edit]Ji Bai is a stone-faced team leader of the Violent Crime Unit. Xu Xu is a new intern specializing in offender profiling. Tasked with solving a series of crimes that are somehow mysteriously connected, the two develop feelings for each other. Xu Xu draws comic panels of their relationship, portraying herself as a snail and Ji as a lion.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Wang Kai as Ji Bai (季白) - Detective of at Ling Police Department
- Wang Ziwen as Xu Xu (许诩) - Profiling intern at Ling Municipal Police
- Xu Yue (徐悦) as Yao Meng (姚檬) - Police intern at Ling Police Department
- Yu Heng (于恒) as Zhao Han (赵寒) - Police Officer at Ling Police Department
- Zhao Yuanyuan (赵圆瑗) as Ye Zixi (叶梓夕) - Member of the Ye family and Ji Bai's childhood friend
- Wu Xiaoyu (武笑羽) as Ye Qiao (叶俏) - Heiress of the Ye Corporation.
- Zhang Yanyan (张棪琰) as Brother Lu (噜哥) - Head of a drug cartel
Soundtrack
[edit]| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Snail's Walk (蜗牛行)" | Yu Zijiang | |
| 2. | "A Happiness's Final Destination (幸福的终点)" | Zeng Jian (version 1), Wang Ziwen (version 2) | 4:12 |
| 3. | "Profile - Suspense" | Liu Sha | 1:53 |
| 4. | "Profile - Reasoning" | Liu Sha | 2:00 |
| 5. | "Profile - Premonition" | Liu Sha | 1:43 |
| 6. | "Profile - Romance" | Liu Sha | 3:35 |
Ratings
[edit]- Highest ratings are marked in red, lowest ratings are marked in blue
| Air date | Ratings (%) | Audience share (%) | Rank (timeslot) | Total rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 October 2016 | 0.627 | 4.005 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 October 2016 | 0.752 | 4.768 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 November 2016 | 0.733 | 5.05 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 November 2016 | 0.752 | 4.727 | 1 | 4 |
| 21 November 2016 | 0.774 | 4.745 | 1 | 7 |
| 28 November 2016 | 0.916 | 5.002 | 1 | - |
| 5 December 2016 | 0.948 | 5.192 | 1 | - |
| 12 December 2016 | 0.888 | 4.690 | - | 6 |
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd China Quality Television Drama Ceremony | Weekly Drama of the Year (Dragon TV) | Won | [8] | |
| Most Marketable Actor | Wang Kai | Won | ||
| Tencent QQ Star Awards | Quality Network Drama of the Year | Won | [9] | |
| Most Powerful TV Actor | Wang Kai | Won | ||
| Trendy TV Actress | Wang Ziwen | Won | ||
| 22nd Huading Awards | Top 10 Dramas of The Year | Won | [10] | |
| 5th Annual DramaFever Awards | Best Chinese Language Drama | Nominated |
International broadcast
[edit]| Country | Network | Premiere |
|---|---|---|
 Sri Lanka
|
Rupavahini (dubbed into Sinhalese) |
2018[11] |
 Philippines
|
GMA News TV
(Dubbed into Tagalog) |
2019 |
 Thailand
|
Tencent Video
(Remade in Thai with an entirely new cast and setting.) |
2023 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "'When a snail falls in love' to air on Dragon TV". Shanghai Daily. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ a b c "《如果蜗牛有爱情》赢口碑 王凯王子文组新CP模式" (in Chinese). People's Daily. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ "《如果蜗牛有爱情》王凯金句频出 王子文甜蜜拜师" (in Chinese). China Daily. 29 October 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ "Weibo account announcement" (in Chinese). 如果蜗牛有爱情. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ When a Snail Falls in Love, Rakuten Viki, archived from the original on 7 August 2020, retrieved 2 September 2020
- ^ "รีวิว เมื่อหอยทากมีรัก When a Snail Falls in Love (2023) ซีรีส์สืบสวนโรแมนติก นำแสดงโดย บี้-ธรรศภาคย์ ,ใบเตย-สุวพิชญ์" (in Thai). TrueID Entertainment. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ "电视剧收视率排行榜 | 收视率排行" (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "品质盛典：孙俪着戏装现身 胡歌现场致敬老艺术家". NetEase.
- ^ "星光大赏荣誉榜丨李易峰、赵丽颖斩获"最受欢迎电视剧男女演员"". Tencent. 10 December 2016.
- ^ "华鼎奖百强名单出炉 《小别离》获榜单第一名". People's Daily. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ "Kirilliyo - කිරිල්ලියෝ". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- When a Snail Falls in Love on Tencent
- When a Snail Falls in Love on YouTube
- When a Snail Falls in Love Archived 7 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine on Viki