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Synopsis: A snapshot of young love in the 1970s: two school friends, growing up in Beijing, both with different backgrounds and different families. As time progresses their relationship grows and so too do their families. Separated, they lose touch, only to rekindle the romance in New York City, but now having to face the fact that they both have established lives and established loves. Nicholas Tse and Gao Yuanyuan star in this intimate and moving portrayal of two people falling in love again after being separated by time and distance and deciding whether their present love or a future love will triumph.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Snow Zou, Zhang Buniu
Production: China Lion Distribution
  5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.0
Metacritic:
16
Rotten Tomatoes:
0%
Year:
2014
106 min
Website
22 Views


Reality is harsh, right?

Except your parents and me as your uncle,

nobody in the world will be nice to you.

Hey girl, come on! They're $10 each.

This one... let me see.

We don't have your size.

How much is this?

$200 for you, our first customer,

$150, OK?

Take it for $150.

$130!

$100 and a scarf!

Take a look, $10 each

Why should I learn English?

"Because what", use that to create a sentence.

Why are you learning English?

Because I... I want to

...earn foreign exchange certificates.

I want to work for a foreign corporation.

I want to marry a foreigner.

Quiet!

Quiet!

Why do you learn English?

Because I want to study abroad.

Perfect! I like that!

Anran...

Mr. Yibai!!

With your talents and my private tutoring,

passing the GRE and TOEFL will be easy.

- You're gifted in linguistics, - Thank you!

But talent alone is not enough.

You need overseas connections.

Which school did you apply for?

Columbia.

That's great!

I've a friend in L.A.

Who can help you.

That's a bit far, Columbia is in New York.

That's still part of the U.S.

No, thanks. I should go.

Anran, this reference book is quite useful.

I already have it, thanks.

Anran, I just want to say...

- Hey you! Don't...touch her! - You little punk!

Which class are you in? What do you want?

Which class are you in?

You're a pervert!

Don't touch her!

Zhao Yongyuan!

Zhao Yongyuan!

The rain...

You look so different!

Before you were only this tall...

No one calls me Zhao Yongyuan anymore.

What happened to you?

I haven't heard from you all these years.

My uncle brought me to Guangzhou. I just came back.

How are you?

I'm fine.

How did you find me?

I was a wild kid, remember?

Of course I can find you.

You were a wild kid since you were little.

Come closer...

You looked at a shirt for a long time today.

How did you know?

I have my ways.

I also know you wish to study abroad.

When are you leaving?

It's not that easy.

I haven't set a date.

Let me know when you leave.

Don't disappear like I did.

Now you know!

You left without a word and disappeared for years.

Don't ever do that again!

What's wrong? You seem distracted.

Is it difficult to study in the U.S.?

Absolutely, you need to pass TOEFL and GRE.

You need tofu and Auntie G to go abroad?

What's Auntie G?

Introduce her to me,

he's too young! I heard it...

GRE is a test!

It's very hard, my cousin failed it 2 years in a row.

I see... is there a way around it'?

Why? You want to go abroad?

Not me.

It's for a friend of mine.

What friend? Boy or girl?

Girl? Marry a foreigner.

Ask him! See if he'll marry her.

Him? He's from Russia!

It's not the same, understand?

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