Love and Bruises

Sep 1, 2011

1h 45m

★ 5.4

Overview

Hua, a woman in her late twenties, goes against her family to become a teacher in Paris. She falls in love with men who physically abuse her. Will she ever find her true love?

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Why Not Productions

Les Films du Lendemain

Love and Bruises Trailers

Cast

Mathieu

Tahar Rahim

Hua

Corinne Yam

Giovanni

Jalil Lespert

Eric

Vincent Rottiers

Liang Bin

Sifan Shao

Thierry

Patrick Mille

Ding Yi

Zhang Songwen

Nina

Adèle Ado

Hua's Friend

Cyril Dubreuil

Hua's Friend

Élise Otzenberger

Isako

Lika Minamoto

League Cadres

Liang Ming

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