The Lychee Road

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The Lychee Road

Jul 2025

2h 3m

Comedy

Drama

History

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The film is adapted from the novel of the same name by Ma Boyong. Set during the Tang Dynasty's Tianbao era, it follows Li Shande (played by Da Peng), a middle-aged man who grumbles his way through countless tasks and pinches every penny, only to remain an insignificant low-ranking official. However, things seem to take a turn when he's suddenly summoned--someone has arranged for him to take on the lucrative role of "Litchi Envoy." If he succeeds, glory and wealth await, a chance to turn his life around. But if he fails....

Casey Chong

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Multi-hyphenate Da Peng subtly blends emotionally resonant drama in this entertaining period comedy.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 7, 2025

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James Marsh

South China Morning Post

The Lychee Road is a rollicking period adventure that boasts plenty of humour and provincial food porn certain to bolster domestic tourism, and an impressive degree of genuine peril.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 6, 2025

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

The Lychee Road is a bittersweet drama that's partly a race-against-time adventure and partly a piercing observation of corrupt bureaucracy. Da Peng gives a tour-de-force performance as a government inspector tasked with a difficult lychee delivery.

Jul 27, 2025

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zhumm

Wonderful and touching movie with all actors and actresses showing quality performance! Love the rap song in the middle and the ending song! Again touching lyrics! Fully deserved a 5-star!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/30/25

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Paul

Great story and action. Themes are surprisingly true to life today.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/29/25

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JULIA M

Surprisingly, very deep and entertaining movie

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/28/25

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lychee

Eat the rich. Fresh.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/28/25

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RT

The story the acting the CG everything

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/28/25

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Rebecca

Very touching movie. It talks about Tang Dynasty, but actually talks about today

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/11/25

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Synopsis

The film is adapted from the novel of the same name by Ma Boyong. Set during the Tang Dynasty's Tianbao era, it follows Li Shande (played by Da Peng), a middle-aged man who grumbles his way through countless tasks and pinches every penny, only to remain an insignificant low-ranking official. However, things seem to take a turn when he's suddenly summoned--someone has arranged for him to take on the lucrative role of "Litchi Envoy." If he succeeds, glory and wealth await, a chance to turn his life around. But if he fails....

Director: Da Peng
Producer: Yaping Li
Screenwriter: Da Peng, Yuyue Shen, Dai Siao
Distributor: CMC Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 25, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 2h 3m