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A Pair of Silly Birds (1980)

A Pair of Silly Birds poster
Original title
恋爱反斗星
Directed by
Pai Ching-jui
Genre
drama, romance
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A romantic comedy about four young people whose crushes and friendships get tangled up. A college student falls for a hardworking man who likes her best friend instead, leading to a jealous scheme involving a fake wedding that spins out of control.

lightheartedromanticcomedicplayfulbittersweetenergeticchaoticmelodramatic

What happens

由臺灣電影導演白景瑞執導的浪漫喜劇片,林青霞、秦漢、陳秋霞以及譚詠麟主演。 女大生沈蓉(林青霞飾)和好朋友李倫美(陳秋霞飾)一起在網球場打球,遇到從校外的一對男子,陳正雄(秦漢飾)和好朋友方銳(譚詠麟飾)。相處下來,熱情洋溢的倫美對勤奮好學的正雄一見鍾情,但正雄欣賞的是好朋友沈蓉,方銳只能痴痴等待著倫美改變心意愛自己。四人的感情糾葛鬧出不少笑話與誤會,因而促使倫美覺得沒自尊產生了報復正雄的絕心,提議沈母 (歸亞蕾飾)「假裝安排留學博士與自己結婚」,來騙正雄取回他的心,最終謊言始終被戳破,事情鬧到不可收拾…… (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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