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Breakup Buddies (2014)

Breakup Buddies poster
Original title
心花路放
Directed by
Ning Hao
Genre
romantic comedy film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 56m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 85 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two buddies travel thousands of kilometers across China after breakups. Along the way they get into scrapes and rediscover themselves.

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What happens

Breakup Buddies is a 2014 Chinese romantic comedy and road film directed by Ning Hao. It stars Huang Bo and Xu Zheng as buddies on a wild 3,000-kilometre cross-country journey from Beijing to Dali City (via Zhangjiajie). The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2014, and was released domestically on September 30, 2014. It grossed over $195 million to become one of the highest-grossing films in China. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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