Li Er, a 17 year old girl who has great difficulty hearing out of her left ear, is rejected after confessing her love to a boy, Xu yi. Instead the boy is in love with Li Bala, a girl who is in fact in love with Zhang Yang. Li Er befriends Li Bala, who dies due to an accident. As the movie progresses, Li Er overcomes her hatred of Zhang Yang, whom she blamed for Li Bala's death.
Acting
Ma Sichun steals every scene as doomed Li Bala.
Direction
Alec Su's actor's eye finds genuine pain in soap.
Director
Alec Su
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alec Su, forever Xiaoyu from My Fair Princess, directed this — his directorial debut after 20+ years as an actor.
Based on Rao Xueman's hit YA novel; the 'deaf left ear' metaphor was huge in 2000s Chinese teen culture for representing unheard feelings.
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