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Love is a Book (爱是一本书)

Love is a Book (爱是一本书)

YUQING LAI | CHINA | 2024 | 22 MIN | CANTONESE EST

YUQING LAI | CHINA | 2024 | 22 MIN | CANTONESE EST

ONLINEShortFOCUS BEIJING

Synopsis

The film consists of two love stories, "First, Second, Third," and "Love is a Book." The former tells the story of two male lovers who begin with a sexual relationship. The latter revolves around two female lovers, reuniting after a long separation. Love is a book, and while they are in different chapters of their emotional journeys, both stories share similar, ambiguous, and pure expressions of love.

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