Your World without Me 你的世界如果没有我 China, 2021, colour, 2.35:1, 97 mins. Director: Liu Weiheng 刘伟恒. Rating: 4/10. Light, simplistic youth romance depends a lot on the easy chemistry between its two young leads. STORY Moxi old town, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, west Sichuan province, southwest China, the present day. Bu (Zhang Youhao) runs a small … Continue reading Review: Your World without Me (2021) →
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