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Summary
In the movie Love (2012) the different types of relationships: family, friends, lovers, co-worker, and even stranger are shown to express the different types of love people have every day. Through the story line of three sub-plots of eight interwoven characters, the ups and downs of love, what love have to offer and what love have to take, the movie shows the relative situations that one watching the movie may or will experience. Love (2012) is a film that takes the audience through a journey of love.

Sub-Plot 1: Yi Jia (Ivy Chen), Xiao Min (Amber Kuo), Ah Kai (Eddie Peng)
Yi Jia is a simple, ordinary girl that goes along with everybody around her. She is in the Cycling Team of her university; she plays the supportive role called the domestique. Like her role in the cycling team, her real life is just the same. Yi Jia's character portrays a person with no characteristic, no specialist and not very outstanding in general. When she is with her best friend - Xiao Min she is the supportive role like in the cycling team. Yi Jia is there to support and help Xiao Min. Xiao Min is best friends with Yi Jia, yet the complete opposite of Yi Jia. Xiao Min is assertive, talented cold, confident, has a good family background and got everybody's attention. She has a boyfriend - Ah Kai. Ah Kai's interest is in filming and dreams to be a successful director in the future. But his dream is often joked around by people around him, with the exception of Xiao Min. These three best friends complement each other, forming a strong friendship but this all comes to a halt when Yi Jia finds herself pregnant.

Sub-Plot 2: Mark (Mark Chao), Xiao Ye (Zhao Wei)
Mark is a young and successful entrepreneur. He is self-indulgent, cool, modern and casual. His motif about woman is, "Just need to conquer" and has an attitude of "If never have, then will never lost". Behind this train of thought a lacking childhood. On a trip to Bei-jing, Mark meets Xiao Ye. Xiao Ye is a single mother with a seven year old son - Dou Dou and Mark's realty estate agent. But their meeting did not go well as it ended in the police office, Xiao Ye a broken leg and Xiao Ye lose her son. Eventually, with the help of Mark, Dou Dou was found. Through this experience, his time with the mother and son, Mark found himself developing intimate feelings that he never had with people.

Sub-Plot 3: Xiao Kuan (Ethan Juan), Rou Yi (Shu Qi), Chao Ping (Doze Niu)
Xiao Kuan has a simple, pure, boy next door personality. Rou Yi is a materialistic woman, dependent on rich men, mistress of Chao Ping which leads to her life under the eyes of the public. Chao Ping is an aging man,and CEO of a well-known company.After an unhappy night of partying, Rou Yi and Chao Ping argues on the way home. Rou Yi gets out of the car and their fight is seen by Xiao Kuan. In a sense of heroism, Xiao Kuan grabs Rou Yi, running away from Chao Ping and brings her back to his house which is quiet and serene. From then on, they became acquaintances and Xiao Kuan's place serves a place of escape for Rou Yi - a place away from the lights and attention. Through Xiao Kuan's simple life, Rou Yi contemplates on her life and thinks it is time to change and take control.