Rich girl falls for broke student in China's messiest romance — Zhang Xinyi's directorial debut crashes expectations.
Puff, grew up as a child spoilt by her parents. During the party celebrating her return from overseas studies, she had a romantic encounter with a young university student, it was love at first sight.
Direction
Zhang Xinyi directs herself — chaotic vanity project or bold auteur move?
Production
Beijing party scenes that scream 'I have rich friends and a camera.'
Director
Zhang Xinyi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Zhang Xinyi was already a successful TV actress when she wrote, directed, and starred in this — a rare triple-threat move in Chinese cinema that critics savaged as self-indulgent.
The 'haigui' (sea turtle) phenomenon — privileged Chinese returning from Western education — is the film's unexamined backbone, reflecting 2010s Beijing's obsession with overseas credentials.
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