Fairy Dance

Fairy Dance

2021 · 95 min · Drama

In the graduation season in July, the life's most perfect summer and the most enthusiastic summer, every young person is embracing the future's vast carnivals as much as one's heart can. Independent and freedom loving Gu Youyou loves street dancing, is learning ballet as it is what her mother wishes. In everyone’s youth, there is hesitation and passion, but they all have to face the final choice. Encouraged by her boyfriend Mao Xueshan, Gu Youyou decides to take the step of pursuing her dreams and refused the invitation of the Central Ballet Company... The intense conflict between family affection, love, and dreams made the summer of the graduation season lively.

Directed by An Cao · Written by An Cao

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Zhang Yuxi Gu Youyou
Huang Xiaolei Lu Xiaomei
Jiang Chao Gu Licheng
Jingxing Huang Mao Xueshan
Guan Yaxin Crystal
Zhang Yiqian Fatty
Du Xingyan Bian Tian

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