Lan Yu Movie Review 2001

Lan Yu (Ye) is a young architecture student, newly arrived in Beijing in 1988. He's introduced to older businessman Hangdong (Jun) and the two become lovers, though Hangdong is chronically unfaithful and they become estranged. When Lan Yu participates in the demonstrations at Tiananmen Square, Hangdong goes looking for him and the two resume their affair, which continues to be rocky. Based on the anonymous novel "Beijing Story," published only on the Internet in 1997 in order to avoid Chinese censorship. Chinese with subtitles.

Distribution

Strand Releasing, 1460 4th St., Ste. 302, Santa Monica, CA 90401, Phone: (310)395-5002, Fax: (310)395-2502, Email: strand@strandrel.com, URL: http://www.strandreleasing.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 86 minutes.
Originally from Hong Kong.

Cast and Crew

Genres

China, Gays, Period Piece: 1980s

Screenplay

Jimmy Ngai

Cast

Hu Jun, Liu Ye

Cinematography

Yang Tao

Director

Stanley Kwan

Music

Zhang Yadong

Other

Wang Zueij, William Chang, William Chang

Producer

Zhang Yongning, Yongning Creative Workshop, Strand Releasing