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Cast
Ye Liu | ... |
Lan Yu
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Jun Hu | ... |
Chen Handong
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He Du | ... |
Sister Zhang
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Bin Li |
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Huatong Li | ... |
Liu Zheng
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Shuang Li | ... |
Weidong
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Jingyi Liu | ... |
LIU Dali
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Fang Lu | ... |
Yonghong
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Jin Su | ... |
Lin Jingping
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Fan Zhang | ... |
Jianer
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Shaohua Zhang | ... |
Niu Ma
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Yongning Zhang | ... |
Daning
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Minfen Zhao | ... |
Handong's mother
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Directed by
Stanley Kwan |
Written by
Jimmy Ngai | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Qin Jian | ... | executive producer |
Katie Kwan | ... | producer |
Yongning Zhang | ... | producer |
Music by
Yadong Zhang |
Cinematography by
Tao Yang | ||
Jian Zhang |
Editing by
William Chang |
Production Design by
William Chang |
Costume Design by
William Chang |
Art Department
Guangbo Liu | ... | props assistant |
Sound Department
Xueyi Wang | ... | sound |
Additional Crew
Chun-Foo Cheung | ... | production assistant |
Ban Chow | ... | planner |
Ngai Chow | ... | production assistant |
Kin-Hing | ... | presenter |
François Vila | ... | press agent |
Yat-Fung | ... | planner |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Golden Scene (2001) (World-wide) (also 2021 remastered version)
- Strand Releasing (2002) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Festive Films (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Shaw Organisation (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Peccadillo Pictures (2011) (United Kingdom) (subtitled)
- Epicentre Films
- Mongrel Media (Canada)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- L'Immagine Ritrovata (post-production facility: remastered version)
- Omico International Management Co (presented by)
- One Cool Production (digital intermediate: remastered version)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Beijing, 1988. On the cusp of middle-age, Chen Handong has known little but success all his life. The eldest son of a senior government bureaucrat, he heads a fast-growing trading company and plays as hard as he works. Few know that Handong's tastes run more to boys than girls. Lan Yu is a country boy, newly arrived in Beijing to study architecture. More than most students, he is short of money and willing to try anything to earn some. He has run into Liu Zheng, who pragmatically suggests that he could prostitute himself for one night to a gay pool-hall and bar owner. But Handong happens to be in the pool hall that evening, and he nixes the deal. He takes Lan Yu home himself and gives the young man what turns out to be a life-changing sexual initiation. Handong and Lan Yu meet often, and the boy is soon very secure in his love for the man. But Handong insists that he wants a play-mate, not a lifelong companion, and warns Lan Yu that they will eventually break up. Meanwhile, he showers expensive gifts on Lan Yu, expecting to deflect the boy's love by turning it into gratitude or dependency. Lan Yu is undeterred, until the night he catches Handong with another boy. They meet again on the night of June 4th, 1989. Handong goes looking for Lan Yu, worried that he might have been caught up in the army's murderous sweep through Tiannmen Square. Handong gives Lan Yu his most lavish gifts yet - a newly built villa on the outskirts of Beijing and a car - and they begin living together as a couple. But again, Handong shies away from his feelings for the boy. He enters a whirlwind romance with Jingping, a professional translator who has helped his company in trade negotiations with Russians, and marries her. Lan Yu moves out of the village and Handong loses contact with him. Before long, Handong is divorced. He runs into Lan Yu by chance at the airport one day, and an invitation to try Lan Yu's home cooking leads to a resumption of their relationship. Now, at last, Handong is learns to feel and show commitment to his lover - just when his company comes under investigation for smuggling and illegal fund-raising. Handong is facing long-term imprisonment, possibly worse, but to the delight of his sister Yonghong and her husband Daning, he is bailed out by Lan Yu. The boy sells the villa and the car and pools the proceeds with his own savings - yielding enough to get Handong out of trouble. Finally, Handong and Lan Yu can be happy together. But fate can play cruel tricks.
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Ye Liu and Jun Hu worked on their rapport only four times before production, playing basketball (of which Liu at 6-foot-1 was a star player at school) and dining. They spent time with their respective girlfriend and wife present, to clarify their romance will only be fictional. See more » |
Goofs | When Chen Handong takes Lan Yu home for the first time, an American television show is playing in the background, and the announcer says "not only is Los Angeles the largest city in California, but it is also the state capitol." This is wrong, Sacramento is the state capitol of California. See more » |