Although new friendships and new love await her, a college freshman discovers that university life is not as simple as she had hoped.
Direction
Zhao Wei brings genuine messy energy to debut filmmaking.
Production
Nanjing Normal University never looked so aggressively 2000s.
Acting
Yang Zishan's chaotic protagonist energy is uncomfortably real.
Director
Vicky Zhao
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from Xin Yiwu's web novel that defined post-90s Chinese campus romance; the book's darker ending was softened for film.
Director Zhao Wei was already a massive star—this made her the first female director whose debut grossed over 100 million yuan in China.
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