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Half a Lifelong Romance (2020)

Half a Lifelong Romance poster
Original title
情深缘起
Cast
Jiang Xin, Carina Lau, Joe Cheng, Guo Xiao Dong, Zou Ting Wei, Dong Yue, Liu Wei, Wu Mian
Genre
drama television series
Country
People's Republic of China
Length
1 season, 48 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This series is set in 1930s Shanghai. It follows two sisters struggling with family decline. The younger sister falls in love with a coworker but suffers betrayal by her brother-in-law.

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What happens

,2020年中国大陆民初剧,改编張愛玲小說《半生緣》。於2020年11月20日在爱奇藝、騰訊視頻和優酷首播。 三十年代舊上海,顧家家道中落,顧曼楨來到一家工廠做文員,和同事沈世鈞互相傾慕,互助扶持中逐漸相愛。姐姐顧曼璐為了家計當了交際花,一家人艱辛的在大上海求生。沈家希望沈世均能與石家大小姐石翠芝結合,而翠芝卻陰錯陽差愛上了世均好友許叔惠。曼璐嫁給老謀深算的祝鴻才,原本以為可以洗盡鉛華做為人婦,不料,丈夫卻還覬覦曼楨的清純,不惜對曼楨下了狠手。曼璐無力挽回悲劇的發生,終因病重含恨而終。多年以後,曼楨與世均再相見,恍如隔世,曼楨已為人母,下嫁祝鴻才。世均也娶了同鄉翠芝。世鈞不顧一切的解救水深火熱中的曼楨,曼楨在世鈞的鼓勵下,憑藉勇氣與毅力,走出人生陰暗,迎向光明。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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