0.1% World 好想去你的世界爱你 China, 2022, colour, 2.35:1, 93 mins. Director: Sun Lin 孙琳. Rating: 3/10. Fanciful rom-com’s only original factor is the two millennials being thousands of miles apart. STORY Beijing, the present day, winter. Ambitious but also a bit klutzy, An Yi (Zhou Yiran) works as an assistant in an architectural design company where … Continue reading Review: 0.1% World (2022) →
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