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Summer Palace

Summer Palace

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2006
2h 15m
7.3(115 votes)
Drama
Romance

Overview

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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