Butterfly Smile (2001)

Genres - Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Psychological Drama  |   Run Time - 89 min.  |   Countries - China  |  
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Synopsis by Mark Deming

He Jianjun directed this drama in which a man is forced by circumstances to confront the object of his secret desires. Kang Ping (Ge You) is a shy salesman whose hobby is photography. Kang Ping has become fascinated with Meng Xing (Jiang Weiwei), a well-known fashion model who designs her own line of clothes. Hoping to meet her, he poses as a professional fashion photographer and approaches her manager, Lei Ming (Sun Chun). Kang Ping, however, is unaware that Lei Ming is also Meng Xing's husband, and jealous Ming hires Ping to take candid photos of Xing, hoping to find out just what she's doing when he's not around. While following Xing one night, Ping witnesses a hit-and-run accident as Xing strikes down a bicycle rider and, in a panic, drives away without coming to the cyclist's aid. Ping takes the victim to the hospital, but manages to slip away before police can question him, and as Ping finds himself the prime suspect in the police investigation of the accident, he tries to approach Xing and convince her it's important that she take her share of responsibility for the accident.

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car-crash, model [fashion]