So Young

So Young

2013 · 131 min · ZH · 6.2 (92 votes)
Dir. Vicky Zhao Wei · Starring Yang Zishan, Bao Bei'er, Maggie Jiang, Ryan Zheng Kai, Han Geng, Jiao Gang · So Young Collection
RomanceDrama

On 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 on her next step in life.

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A tender, melancholic look at first love and the paths not taken. It feels like flipping through old yearbooks, filled with wistful longing for youthful days and the bittersweet ache of what might have been.

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