SOME Chinese girls are so attracted to the romantic journey depicted in Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai’s film “My Blueberry Nights,” that they want to go on a road of similar exploration in their own lives.

On Wednesday, Wong was in Beijing to inaugurate a monthlong domestic journey for 10 girls, who stood out from more than 10,000 applicants.

Their trip will be jointly sponsored by Wong and the social networking Web site Ipart.cn.

In “My Blueberry Nights,” the protagonist, played by Grammy-award winner Norah Jones, takes a soul-searching journey across the United States. She meets a series of offbeat people who answer her questions about love and life. In real life, the 10 Chinese girls will embark on a 10-city tour taking what has been dubbed the “blueberry bus.”

Each girl, who has been given a laptop, will chronicle her experiences on the road with a diary and photos posted online. When the trip ends, readers will vote for the girl they think is the Jones of real life.

Although conducting such an activity is partly to promote the film’s coming Chinese release, director Wong said he hopes participants will enjoy the sweetness of finding answers to their love and life questions.

(SD-Agencies)