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First Love and Other Pains

4.7199950mMovieDrama

Across the boundaries they find each other... in this post-colonial romance. A cynical English professor discovers love in the form of an admiring student. But is it too late for him to find happiness?

DirectorSimon Chung

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Cast · Directed by Simon Chung

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Edmund Strode
Hugh
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Alex Wong
Mark
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Carrie Leung
Christine
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Kin Wai Young
Auntie
CKColette Koo
Colette Koo
Dean
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Wes Wong
Kevin
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Oliver Williams
Jamie

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First Love and Other Pains hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around September 18, 1999. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.