My Heart Leaps Up(2016)
While working on clipart with her schoolmates, 17-year-old Beijing high school student Liu Weiwei develops a crush on her art teacher.
Movie: My Heart Leaps Up
Top 10 Billed Cast
Liu Weiwei
Zou Ye
Ye Nan
Xu Jing
Wang Yuye
Yang Xiaowan
Xiaojie
Liu Weiwei's mother
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