A love story between a country boy in Beijing to study and a wealthy businessman set against the backdrop of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident.
Acting
Liu Ye's devastating vulnerability in his debut.
Direction
Stanley Kwan's documentary-realist intimacy.
Costume
1980s Beijing fashion as class signifier.
Director
Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot illegally in Beijing in 2000; Kwan smuggled footage out to Hong Kong for post-production.
Banned in mainland China, it became underground queer cinema legend—screened at secret university gatherings for years.
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