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So Young

So Young

20136.22h 11m

Overview

Although new friendships and new love await her, a college freshman discovers that university life is not as simple as she had hoped.

Directed by Vicky Zhao
Written by Qiang Li, Yiwu Xin
Produced by Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang, Li Xiaoping, Zhao Haicheng
Box Office0Revenue: $116.0M

Top Cast

Yang Zishan

Yang Zishan

Zheng Wei

Bao Bei'er

Bao Bei'er

Lao Zhang

Maggie Jiang

Maggie Jiang

Ruan Wan

Ryan Zheng

Ryan Zheng

Xu Kaiyang

Han Geng

Han Geng

Lin Jing

Jiao Gang

Jiao Gang

Queen

Mi Dan

Mi Dan

Dream Bird

Cui Wenlu

Cui Wenlu

Xiao Pang

Gao Ang

Gao Ang

College Student

D

Du Jie

Fat Girl

Themes & Keywords

collegewoman directornanjing

About So Young

So Young is a romance, drama film released in 2013 exploring themes of college, woman director, nanjing. Directed by Vicky Zhao, it stars Yang Zishan, Bao Bei'er, Maggie Jiang. Although new friendships and new love await her, a college freshman discovers that university life is not as simple as she had hoped.

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