Grief opens an unexpected door in this Chinese drama, where a funeral becomes the starting point for two people to build a life neither of them saw coming.
What is Lighting up the Stars about?
An employee handling the funeral arrangements for his boss ends up getting to know the boss's widow during the process, and what begins as a professional obligation slowly turns into something else entirely. The film follows how the two of them navigate loss, grief and an unlikely new closeness at the same time, with the funeral itself acting less as an ending and more as the point where both of their stories actually start moving forward. It's a quieter, character-driven drama built around two people figuring out how to keep living after something has been taken from them.
About the cast
Zhu Yilong and Janice Wu lead the cast, with En You Yang, Wang Ge, Lu Liu, Li Chun'ai, Luo Jingmin and Zheng Wei Li rounding out the ensemble. K-Time lists the cast in the order credited, without assigning specific characters to specific performers.
Context & significance
Directed by Jiangjiang Liu, this is a China-produced drama that sits firmly in the grief-and-connection tradition rather than the funeral serving as a plot device for comedy or mystery. The 2022 release leans on restraint over melodrama, letting the two central performances carry most of the emotional weight instead of a heavily plotted script.
Watching Lighting up the Stars on Ktime
This title is available on K-Time with a Persian dub and Farsi subtitles, so viewers can choose whichever fits them best. Watching requires a free K-Time account login, though the page itself can be read without one. K-Time's interface is built in Farsi from the start, for the Iranian diaspora audience it primarily serves.