

Apolitical Romance
2013-09-27 · 90 min · ★ 5.0
A China-Taiwan cross-cultural rom-com with an excellent, unforced chemistry between its leads, Apolitical Romance follows Mainland girl (Huang Lu) as she visits Taiwan and gets involved with a local guy (Bryan Chang) who helps her track down her grandmother’s first love from 60-odd years ago.
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- Directors
- Chun-Yi Hsieh
- Production companies
- Sanxi Films
- Countries
- Taiwan
- Status
- Released
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Huang LuChing Lang
Bryan ChangChen Yu-zheng
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