The Substitute

The story

To compensate the loss of Lu’s brother, Lu, the captain of judo team at school, has been brought up by her mother as a substitute of her brother in Beijing. In the seemingly masculine appearance, she secretly falls in love with Nicole, the internet celebrity girl from Taiwan. Lu and Nicole meet each other in a judo competition of which the winner would have the chance to become the leading actress in an action film. Nicole wins the competition, but she disappears right before the movie start shooting. As Nicole’s substitute, Lu then has the chance to play the leading actress of the action movie. But the thing is, is Lu able to find her own self-identity and be the real her in one’s life?

In the same saga

Over the Rainbow

In release order

We Are Gamily

2017

This film

The Substitute

2017

Wrath of Desire

2020

Secrets of 1979

2021

Cast

A Aviis ZhongNicole J Jie LuHan Lu A Akio Chen S Shen Qi W Wang Zi-Qiang L Liu Shang-Qian B Benji H Huang Rou-Min