“Where did our love go…”
Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.
Hao Lei
Yu Hong
Guo Xiaodong
Zhou Wei
Hu Ling
Li Ti
Zhang Xianmin
Ruo Gu
Cui Lin
Xiao Jun
Chloe Maayan
Dongdong
Bai Xueyun
Wang Bo
Duan Yihong
Tang Caoshi
Summer Palace is a drama, romance film released in 2006. Directed by Lou Ye, it stars Hao Lei, Guo Xiaodong, Hu Ling. Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.
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