A China-Taiwan cross-cultural rom-com with an excellent, unforced chemistry between its leads, Apolitical Romance follows Mainland girl (Huang Lu) as she visits Taiwan and gets involved with a local guy (Bryan Chang) who helps her track down her grandmother’s first love from 60-odd years ago.
The original title is "對面的女孩殺過來" (ZH).
The runtime is 90 minutes (1h 30m).
The film was directed by Chun-Yi Hsieh.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt3593110.
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Mixed
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對面的女孩殺過來
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Taiwan
