Male Joy, Female Love

  • USA Pleasure. Love. (festival title) (more)
China, 2016, 102 min

Directed by:

Yao Huang

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Pleasure. Love. tells the two stories of a young man and a young woman experiencing passionate love for the first time. Each story begins with its protagonist meeting an older lover at a dance hall and embarking on a sultry affair. The younger characters are immature and stubborn while the older ones look for innocence and sincerity, yet they all long for pure emotions and love in a materialistic society. Having left their hometowns for the big city in search of a brighter future, they learn that what is important resides in the heart. (Sundance Film Festival)

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