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A Lingering Face (2000)

A Lingering Face poster
Original title
非常夏日
Directed by
Lu Xuechang
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 43m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man witnesses a brutal crime and struggles with guilt and fear. Over an unusual summer, he must decide whether to come forward and tell the truth.

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What happens

A Lingering Face (Chinese: 非常夏日; pinyin: Fēicháng xiàrì; lit. 'A curious summer day') is a 2000 Chinese film directed by Lu Xuechang. The film is Lu's second after 1997's The Making of Steel. Compared to that earlier film, which was plagued with censorship problems, A Lingering Face's production and release was relatively free of problems or obstacles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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