1993 · comedy · period · romance
Flirting Scholar
Directed by Lee Lik-Chi1h 42m1993
A scholar in search of true love. Disguising himself as a houseboy, he indentures himself to a rich family in order to pursue the ravishing servant girl who has stolen his heart.
Our read: Flirting Scholar (1993) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive comedy · period · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle comedy / period, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- kinetic
- funny
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