The Rational Life

Year: 1000

Runtime: 1,575 mins

Language: Chinese

Director: Hsu Fu-chun

Drama

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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