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The Third Way of Love

2015 · 113 min

A lush, tear-soaked melodrama that sweeps you into a doomed romance and lingers in melancholy.

Directed by: John H. Lee
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Song Seung-heon, Liu Yifei, Jiang Mengjie

Overview: "The Third Way of Love" tells the sad love story of Lin Qi Zheng, who is from a rich family, and Zhou Yu who is a smart and beautiful lawyer.

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Directed by: John H. Lee
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Song Seung-heon, Liu Yifei, Jiang Mengjie

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
class
grief
isolation
fate
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	9
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: romance, drama
Directed by: John H. Lee
Starring: Song Seung-heon, Liu Yifei, Jiang Mengjie, Eddy Ou, Liu Jin, Meng Jia, Jessie Chiang, Chen Yelin
Runtime: 113 min
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin

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