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Ye Lou Drama | Historical Drama | Romance 2006 China | France 2h38m SD

Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.

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Available for booking in these regions:

Festival selections:

Chicago Film FestivalFestival de Cannes Official selectionToronto Film Festival

Cast & Crew

Rights owner | Wildbunch

Directors | Ye Lou

Producers | Nai An, Sylvain Bursztejn, Fang Li, Ye Lou

Writers | Ye Lou, Yingli Ma, Feng Mei

Cast | Lei Hao, Xiaodong Guo, Xueyun Bai, Lin Cui

DOP | Qing Hua

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