If you loved The Garden of Heaven, try Plum Blossom
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Garden of Heaven, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Plum Blossom is
Here's a film that really goes for it. Jayo's first sexual experience ends tragically with a classmate's suicide, after which he becomes promiscuous until a nurse enters the picture. Meanwhile his friend falls for a teacher, upping the ante. It perhaps achieves what it sets out to do.
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