Apolitical Romance

Sep 27, 2013

1h 30m

★ 5.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Sanxi Films

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Cast

Ching Lang

Huang Lu

Chen Yu-zheng

Bryan Shu-Hao Chang

Shrimp Soup Boss

Chin-Jung Kang

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Apolitical Romance

Overview

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