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My Favorite Season (1985)

My Favorite Season poster
Original title
最想念的季節
Directed by
Chen Kunhou
Genre
drama film
Country
Taiwan
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A single pregnant woman in Taipei looks for a man to enter a fake marriage and give her child a surname. She meets a superstitious bachelor who initially refuses but slowly comes to care for her.

bittersweetwarmtendermelancholicgroundedquietgentleintimate

What happens

即依據台灣作家朱天文所撰寫的小說《最想念的季節》為基礎,再進行改編的電影作品。 劉香妹(张艾嘉饰)在杂志社工作,她与一位叫亨利王的同事认识,并有了一个孩子,但亨利是有家室的人,无奈,劉香妹只好离开杂志社,离开了亨利王,为了不使孩子无名无姓,她需要找一个男人与其假结婚,给孩子一个姓,然后随即离婚。经一个朋友介绍,她认识了近三十岁的光棍毕宝亮(李宗盛饰),毕宝亮算命三十岁以前不能碰女人,他拒绝了香妹的提议,但经过一段时间的接触,他对香妹有了好感,答应了婚事,这一天香妹打电话回来,却要他与她一起回家见爸妈… (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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