Once Upon A Time, We Loved

A bittersweet, slow-burning romance that lingers on memory and regret, asking you to sit with its quiet emotional weight.

Directed by

Nguyễn Xuân Nghĩa

Genres

Romance

Starring

Quỳnh Thy, Quốc Trường, Quốc Huy

Overview

In 2006, 18-year-old Bảo spends the final summer of his youth with his closest friends in a quiet coastal town, surrounded by unfinished dreams and endless possibilities. The arrival of Quỳnh—a worldly and emotionally complex woman—awakens feelings he has never experienced before, pulling him out of the safe orbit of his ordinary life. Their passionate romance soon triggers a chain of irreversible events, beginning with a death that changes everything. Twenty years later, the echoes of that summer still linger in silence. Can Bảo truly understand love—and finally forgive himself?

How it feels

Melancholic, romantic, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Love, coming-of-age, grief, guilt

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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