
Summer Palace(2006)
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.


A cute coed leaves her mother's home and gets involved with a pastry chef who has links to the local criminal element.

Chang Chen
Feng

Angelica Lee Sin-Jie
Fei Fei

Tsai Chen-nan
Ming
Gao Ming-Chun
Guang

Leon Dai
Tiger

Ko I-chen
Fei Fei's Father

Grace Chen
Betelnut Beauty is a drama, romance film released in 2001. Directed by Lin Cheng-sheng, it stars Chang Chen, Angelica Lee Sin-Jie, Tsai Chen-nan. A cute coed leaves her mother's home and gets involved with a pastry chef who has links to the local criminal element.
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