Mo Xing Xing suffers from mental illness because her mother died after saving a boy who lost his footing. Fortunately, accompanied by good friends Mi Sha and Lu Li, Mo Xing Xing spent a warm youth. However, one day Xing Xing discovers that Lu Li was the boy who had lost his footing. Unable to accept the truth, she decides to leave without saying goodbye. Ten years later, Mo Xing Xing reunites with her best friend, determined to face the past and open up the knot in her heart. (Source: Chinese = Baike || Translation = kisskh) ~~ Adapted from the novel "Sandglass" (沙漏) by Rao Xue Man (饶雪漫). ~~ Release dates: Jun 21, 2024 (Cinema) || Jul 28, 2024 (Online) Edit Translation
- English
- Português (Brasil)
- Türkçe
- हिन्दी
- Native Title: 沙漏
- Also Known As: Hourglass , Sha Lou
- Screenwriter: Rao Xue Man
- Genres: Romance, Youth
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Cast & Credits
- Qiu TianMo Xing XingMain Role
- Bao Shang EnMi ShaMain Role
- JustinLu LiMain Role
- Vivi ChenJiang LanSupport Role
- Wu Jia KaiMi LiSupport Role
- Gao Ming ChenAbuSupport Role
Reviews

A Bittersweet Reunion
Mi Sha and Xing Xing’s heartfelt friendship really touched me. Although they drifted apart, fate brings them back together in an unexpected way as adults. It was kind of bitter sweet — so better prepare some tissues! The romance part was kind of a side story but still good enough to make me fall in love with Mi Sha and Lu Li — they’re soooo cute together!Was this review helpful to you?

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Once tight, now just a memory
In this film, Mo Xingxing, Mi Sha, and Lu Li are supposed to be a trio of best friends. But honestly, the only real and wholesome friendship is between Mo Xingxing and Mi Sha. Their bond is super sweet, worth to watch!Things start falling apart when Mi Sha secretly catches feelings for Lu Li and gets jealous seeing how much he cares about Mo Xingxing when she’s sick. Meanwhile, Mo Xingxing is this girl who’s really poor—like, eating actual garbage-level food. On top of that, she struggles with bulimia and anorexia, and doesn’t get any love from her family. So when someone like Lu Li shows her so much kindness, of course she starts to fall for him.
But here’s the thing... Lu Li’s only being nice to her out of guilt, since Mo Xingxing’s mom dead from saving his life. Deep down, he’s actually into Mi Sha. At first, I thought Lu Li was this selfless, caring guy, but then the ending totally threw me off. He ends up snapping at Mo Xingxing, saying he’s sick of pretending and can’t even be honest about his own feelings because he’s been “serving” her all this time. Like… seriously??? That’s your problem. Mo Xingxing never asked you to do all that. That scene made me so mad.
And don’t even get me started on Mi Sha. I disliked how she acted when she got jealous—like, she literally skipped visiting Mo Xingxing when she was sick, even though she had arrived, just because she saw Mo Xingxing got "affection" from Lu Li. Instead, she went off alone, brought a ton of food, and just started tearing open the packaging and taking tiny bites out of everything. It felt so wasteful. She’s rich, yeah, but that whole scene came off as, “Look, I can afford all this food and eat whatever I want—unlike Mo Xingxing who’s so poor she can barely eat proper food.” It was such a low-key flex in the worst way. She did it on her own, so it wasn’t really a problem—but it definitely says a lot about her character.
And then… the last straw was when Mo Xingxing got mad at Mi Sha for transferring schools without telling her, and Mi Sha got mad because Mo Xingxing never opened up about her illness. Then all the problems were never solved. All of them were bad at communicating. After that, Mi Sha just dipped—left everyone behind—and the story jumps back to the present, where she’s all grown up and reminiscing.
Honestly, I feel like the storyline was kinda messy and could’ve been handled better. But their friendship before all the miscommunication and emotional mess? Super cute and heartwarming. Also, the cinematography was pretty decent—lots of scenes that are totally screenshot-worthy.
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