Love, pure and simple, with no bells and whistles

Racially ambiguous models Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton (both left) in an urban setting with rapid edits and a driving soundtrack make this seem like an advertisement.
Racially ambiguous models Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton (both above) in an urban setting with rapid edits and a driving soundtrack make this seem like an advertisement.PHOTO: WARNER BROS
Published
May 16, 2019, 5:00 am SGT
Film Correspondent
johnlui@sph.com.sg

In the novel The Sun Is Also A Star, a young woman thinks romance is rubbish, while the young man she meets think they were destined to meet and fall in love.

Actor Charles Melton, 28, plays Daniel in the film adaptation and, like his character, he believes in the idea of true love - even if that means letting go of the male ego.

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