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Love of May (2004)

Love of May poster
Original title
五月之戀
Directed by
Hsu Hsiao-Ming
Genre
romance film
Country
Taiwan
Runtime
1h 49m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man runs a fan website for a Taiwanese rock band. He and a devoted fan start a romance that begins with a lie.

lightheartedromanticyouthfulgentlebittersweetwistfulhopeful

What happens

Love of May (Chinese: 五月之戀; pinyin: Wǔyuè Zhīliàn) is a 2004 Taiwanese film directed by Hsu Hsiao-ming and starring Bolin Chen and Liu Yifei. The film was inspired by Mayday, a famous rock band from Taiwan. It tells about the love story of Ah Lei, an administrator of Mayday's fansite, and Zhao Xuan, a fangirl of Mayday, who met and fell in love with each other through a lie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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