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So Young (2013)
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Original name: 致我们终将逝去的青春
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
In the brink of the 90s, 18-year-old Zheng Wei steps into her university life with a hopeful heart for love. She forms a great friendship with her roommates and united as a group, they embark on their university life together. Wei meets Chen Hao-Zheng in a chance encounter, and despite initial reluctance, Chen accepts Wei as his girlfriend and the two become inseparable. Four years of university life pass and Wei looks forward to establishing a life together with Chen. However, Chen is forced into an impossible decision to leave Wei. Devastated, Wei decides to start afresh. A decade later, Wei’s previous lovers Lin and Chen both find their way back into her life and she has to make a choice of her next step in life.
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
fall in love, friendship, lifestyle, love and romance, adolescence vs adulthood, university, coming of age, youth, breakup, college, asian, high school, melancholy, best friend, student life, strong female presence, bittersweet, snobbism, teenage girl, feminist, college student, college life, best friends, romance, female director
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
indiana, china, asia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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