Xu Zheng Photo: Courtesy of Maxtimes

The latest movie from veteran Chinese stars Xu Zheng and Ma Yili, B for Busy, will join the Chinese mainland's year-end box office season on Friday. 

Written and directed by young director Shao Yihui, the small-budget romance film follows Old Bai, an ordinary middle-aged Shanghai local who hopes to start new romance but is under great pressure from life and family. 

Set in Shanghai, one of China's largest metropolises, the movie is in the local dialect that is used in the city and its surround areas.  

"The director's film is an independent and conscious expression, pure and witty. I think this market should not only have blockbusters or single genre films, the style and texture of contemporary cities should be presented as well," Xu, also the film's executive producer, told media.