Lighting Up the Stars (Chinese: 人生大事; pinyin: Rénshēng Dàshì; lit. 'Life Events') is a 2022 Chinese drama film written and directed by Liu Jiangjiang, starring Zhu Yilong and Yang Enyou. The film follows the story of a mortician released from prison who meets an orphan during a funeral, which unexpectedly changes his attitude towards career and life.^[3]

The film premiered in China on 24 June 2022. The total box office of the film is 1.712 billion yuan, ranking the 4th in China's 2022 box office list.^[4]

Mortician Mo Sanmei (played by Zhu Yilong) meets orphan Wu Xiaowen (played by Yang Enyou) during a funeral shortly after his release from prison. With reluctance, Mo takes care of Xiaowen and this decision burdens Mo further on top of his existing life problems. After a series of mishaps, this unlikely father-daughter pair develops a special relationship, and it changes how Mo views his job as a mortician and life.

• Zhu Yilong as Mo Sanmei, a mortician.
• Yang Enyou as Wu Xiaowen, an orphan.
• Wang Ge as Wang Jianren, a mortician and assistant to Mo Sanmei.
• Liu Lu as Yin Baixue, a mortician who plays the suona.
• Luo Jingmin [zh] as Old Mo, Mo Sanmei's father.
• Zheng Weili [zh] as Madam Mo, Mo Sanmei's elder sister.
• Janice Wu as Xi Xi, Mo Sanmei's ex-girlfriend.
• Chen Chuang [zh] as Uncle Wu, Wu Xiaowen's uncle.
• Li Chunyuan [zh] as Wu Haifei, Wu Xiaowen's mother.
• Zhou Dan as Aunt, Wu Xiaowen's aunt.
• Wang Aizhi as Grandmother, Wu Xiaowen's maternal grandmother.

Liu Jiangjiang began to write the screenplay in 2019, which was inspired by the funeral culture in north China.^[5] Han Yan (director) [zh] read Liu Jiangjiang's drafts and gave notes for improvement.^[6]

Lighting Up the Stars began production on 27 May 2021, in Wuhan and finished filming on 1 August.

Lighting Up the Stars was slated for release on 2 April 2022 (Qingming Festival), but was postponed to 24 June 2022.^[7]

Douban, a major Chinese media rating site, gave the drama 7.3 out of 10.^[10]