First Time

First Time (第一次, 2012) is a Chinese musical melodrama from director Han Yan, and you can watch it online on iFILM. Song Shiqiao, twenty-two, once dreamed of dancing ballet, but she lives with the neuromuscular illness that killed her father — and the drugs keeping her going also blur her memory.

At a charity fair she runs into Gong Ning, a boy she knew back in high school. She doesn't recognize him. He remembers her all too well. Gong Ning has quit university to chase his rock band, his girlfriend has just walked out, and in Shiqiao he suddenly finds a reason to pull himself together. Her mother disapproves, time is short, and each morning Shiqiao may wake up with the slate wiped clean. Angelababy and Mark Chao take the leads.

A tender, tear-streaked story about love on a deadline, where saving someone else means saving yourself. Best suited to fans of Asian romance with music, heartbreak and a bittersweet ending. Stream First Time online on iFILM.