Between Us 我没谈完的那场恋爱 China, 2021, colour, 16:9/2.35:1, 95 mins. Director: Zhao Yu 赵宇. Rating: 6/10. Yoyo-ing between the present day and the Cultural Revolution, this light drama is well played and mounted without being major in any way. STORY Beijing, 2019, summer. Five years after singing on the streets and in underpasses, singer-composer Lin Shanni … Continue reading Review: Between Us (2021) →
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