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Limelight Years (2015)

Limelight Years poster
Original title
華麗轉身
Genre
drama television series
Country
Hong Kong
Length
1 season, 22 episodes
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Hong Kong drama follows middle-aged former lovers who reconnect and face old feelings. It is a story about second chances at love later in life and the people around them.

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What happens

Limelight Years (Chinese: 華麗轉身; Jyutping: Waa4 Lai6 Zyun2 San1; Cantonese Yale: Wàh Laih Jyún Sān; literally "Elegant Transformation") is a 2015 Hong Kong romantic television drama created and produced by TVB, starring Linda Chung, Liza Wang, Alex Fong, Damian Lau and Eliza Sam as the main cast. Filming took place from June till September 2014. The drama began airing on Hong Kong's Jade and HD Jade channels April 27 till May 22, 2015 every Monday through Friday during its 8:30-9:30 pm timeslot with a total of 22 episodes. The final 2 episodes aired on the same night as a 2-hour finale special on Sunday May 24, 2015 starting at 8:00 pm. This is the third time Wang and Lau have collaborated playing a couple. The two previously worked together in TVB's 1980 Yesterday's Glitter (京華春夢) and 2001 The Awakening Story (婚前昏後) This is Alex Fong's first drama with TVB in nine years. His last collaboration with TVB was in 2005 My Family (甜孫爺爺). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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