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The Rational Life (1000) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1000 · 1,575 mins · Chinese
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- Directed by
- Hsu Fu-chun
- Starring
- Kang Kang, Zhu Yaying, Li Zonghan, Bao Wenjing, Pan Hong, Qin Lan
Shen Ruo Xin, a thirty‑something career woman, rebels against the pressure to conform to traditional expectations. At work she is torn between her trusted, younger assistant and her charismatic bachelor boss. Labeled a “leftover woman,” the stigma haunts her decisions as she weighs a socially approved marriage against following her heart and daring to pursue a romance with the younger man.
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