Set during the end of China's Cultural Revolution in a small village in Yichang City, Hubei Province, a pure love unfolds between beautiful city girl Jing Qiu (Dongyu Zhou) and handsome young villager Lao San (Shawn Dou). Jing Qiu, who lived a difficult life due to her father being labelled a "right winger," is sent to the village at the age of 16 and meets Lao San, who has a promising future due to his father's high ranking military background. Even with the divide between their social backgrounds romance blooms between the young couple, but will their love ever become fulfilled?

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  Dou Shawn (Unknown)

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  Zhou Dongyu (Jingqiu)

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• Feb 10, 2012 1 of 1 episodes seen

  rad_lisette
  4 of 4 people found this review helpful
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  I've seen a lot of "young love" films but this particular film, has to be the purest young love film that I have ever seen. This film also transports the viewer back in time, when values were different and love was approached differently.
  
  Great acting from the cast, in particular, from the leads, in which this film was their acting debut. Shawn Dou was great as the hunky lead male (great smile!) and Zhou Dongyu was lovely as the inexperienced lead female. My only gripe: the male lead character seemed to be a bit too perfect and angelic and it would have been nice to have some more dimension to his character.
  
  Even though the film is set during Communist China, there isn't too much emphasis on politics. This is a pure love story at its best.
  
  The film also has amazing cinematography. The color palette isn't striking but there is a nice contrast between the village and the city landscapes.
  
  
  Recommended for those who enjoy those simple and pure love stories. read more

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• May 10, 2011 1 of 1 episodes seen

  sweetbeviet
  1 of 2 people found this review helpful
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  • Overall  10
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  I love this movie. At first, I was a little bit hesitated to watched it since I'm not familiar with the main actor/actress, but I'm glad I decided to watch it! Very realistic simple love story. Some of the scene are simple, but very meaningful.

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  Classic

  They have similar settings. The way the love is portrayed is slightly different but still gives you the warm feeling inside.

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