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East Palace, West Palace
- Director: Yuan Zhang
- Writer: Wang Xiaobo; Yuan Zhang
- Producer: Christophe Jung; Christophe Ménager
CGiii Comment
After watching this - you will thank your lucky stars that you don't live in China.
By Western standards, this is a bog-standard exercise in monotony.
By Chinese standards, this is a bog-standard exercise in monotony.
Okay, so it was smuggled out of China (why bother?), it is ground-breaking cinema (but, only in China).
What it is - is a sedative.
There are those who will appreciate the snail pace, the lingering camera work and the overly familiar story.
And, there are those who will fall asleep...soundly.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In China, homosexuality isn't illegal, but homosexuals are routinely persecuted by police and arrested for "hooliganism". The film focuses on a young gay writer A-Lan who, being attracted to a young policeman, manages to have himself interrogated for a whole night. His life-story which he tells during the interrogation reflects the general repression of the Chinese society. The policeman's attitude shifts from the initial revulsion to fascination and, finally, to attraction.
Cast & Characters
Si Han as A Lan;
Jun Hu as Xiao Shi;
Jing Ye;
Wei Zhao