Love Is Not All Around

Love Is Not All Around

2007 · 101 min · ★ 5.6 · Romance, Drama

Love Is Not All Around explores modern relationships, interweaving the love stories of the six characters to reveal what love means to young people in metropolitan Hong Kong.

Directed by Patrick Kong Pak-Leung · Written by Patrick Kong Pak-Leung

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