Tempting Hearts 有一点动心 China, 2021, colour, 2.35:1, 93 mins. Directors: Chen Jiashang 陈嘉上 [Gordon Chan], Zhu Xuefei 朱雪菲. Rating: 6/10. Offbeat, soso-scripted rom-com depends a lot on its two leads, Mainland comedienne Ren Suxi and Taiwan actor-singer Yan Chengxu. STORY Chengdu city, Sichuan province, southwest China, the present day. After discovering that there are 30 … Continue reading Review: Tempting Hearts (2021) →
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