Farewell, My Lovely
This is a story of two men and their friendship lasting the duration of a day.Zhiming, a security guard who works in an underground car park, and who has accomplished absolutely nothing in life and no friends to speak of, saves a young man named Yao from suicide by drowning in the sea.
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This is a story of two men and their friendship lasting the duration of a day. Zhiming, a security guard who works in an underground car park, and who has accomplished absolutely nothing in life and no friends to speak of, saves a young man named Yao from suicide by drowning in the sea. Yao, once determined to kill himself before this, felt deeply moved by the man before him who has risked himself.
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- Release date
- Sep 12, 2021
- Runtime
- 0h 30m
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- Language
- Mandarin
- Country
- Taiwan
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