Gift from a Cloud 有朵云像你 China, 2025, colour, 2.35:1, 119 mins. Director: Yao Tingting 姚婷婷. Rating: 5/10. Light drama about a husband who reappears, with amnesia, in the life of his family has two good leads but a way over-long script that’s increasingly nonsensical. STORY Somewhere in Hangzhou province, eastern China, Apr 2023. Voice actress … Continue reading Review: Gift from a Cloud (2025) →
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