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Beyond The Dream (2020)

Beyond The Dream poster
Original title
幻愛
Directed by
Kiwi Chow
Genre
romance, drama
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
2h
Rated
IIB
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young man with a mental illness falls in love with a woman he meets on the street. The relationship is complicated when he discovers she has secrets of her own.

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What happens

Beyond The Dream (幻愛) is a 2019 Hong Kong romantic drama film directed by Kiwi Chow and written by Felix Tsang, starring Cecilia Choi and Terrance Lau. The film is based on the award-winning short film Upstairs (2006), which was also directed by Chow. Beyond The Dream enjoyed box office success in Hong Kong, and the film also became the highest-grossing domestic film in Hong Kong in 2020 since the COVID-19 pandemic. The film also won the Best Adapted Screenplay award at 57th Golden Horse Awards, which is Taiwan's equivalent to the Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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