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The Truth About Beauty

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A smart but plain-looking college graduate (Bai Baihe) has plastic surgery to improve her marketability and subsequently lands a post at a Korean conglomerate.

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Maggie Lee Variety 04/23/2014
No amount of nipping and tucking can save this screenplay from its tonal inconsistencies and mixed messages. Go to Full Review Andrew Heskins easternKicks.com 09/23/2020
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Writer/director Aubrey Lam's savvy-scripted dissection of the plastic surgery phenomenon in China... Go to Full Review Richard Yu Cinema Escapist 07/01/2019
The Truth About Beauty presents a very honest and, though exaggerated, rather accurate perspective on the realities of modern Asia, where the social pressure to conform to a singular perception of beauty has existed for centuries. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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12/19/2014 (2014/12/20/web) Baihe Bai.... See more 09/14/2014 mildly entertaining rom-com featuring a very charming and beautiful baihe bai. however, misfires in an undercooked romance, a ronald cheng lead, a mixed overall message, and a surprisingly sexist director/writer. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Oi Wah Lam

Director

Baihe Bai

Actor

Ronald Cheng

Actor

Zhang Yao

Actor

Guo Jingfei

Actor

Oi Wah Lam

Screenwriter
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Movie Info

Synopsis A smart but plain-looking college graduate (Bai Baihe) has plastic surgery to improve her marketability and subsequently lands a post at a Korean conglomerate.
Director
Oi Wah Lam
Producer
Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Jo Jo Yuet-chun Hui
Screenwriter
Oi Wah Lam
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
Chinese
Runtime
1h 25m