If you loved The Story of Qiu Ju, try Flirting Scholar
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, foreign gem, tender mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Story of Qiu Ju, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Flirting Scholar is
The rom-com answer to performance art. Tang, a respected scholar and painter, becomes infatuated with a pretty maid. He gets himself hired into her household to win her over. It's broad, it's silly, and it probably killed at the Hong Kong box office.
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