East Palace, West Palace
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Directed by | Zhang Yuan |
Produced by | Christophe Jung Christophe Ménager Zhang Yuan Willy Tsao |
Written by | Wang Xiaobo Zhang Yuan |
Starring | Si Han Hu Jun Zhao Wei |
Music by | Xiang Min |
Cinematography | Zhang Jian |
Edited by | Vincent Lévy |
Distributed by | Fortissimo Films |
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94 minutes |
Country | China |
Language | Mandarin |
East Palace, West Palace (Dong gong xi gong) is a 1996 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yuan starring Hu Jun and Si Han and based on a short story by the cult writer Wang Xiaobo. It is also known as Behind the Forbidden City or Behind the Palace Gates.[1]
East Palace, West Palace is the first Mainland Chinese movie with an explicitly homosexual theme.[citation needed] The title of the movie derives from the two parks near the Forbidden City — the East Palace and the West Palace. The two parks, specifically their public washrooms, are notorious for being places of congregation for the homosexuals in Beijing during the night.[2]
The film was shot in the spring of 1996, when it was smuggled out of China for post-production in France.[3] It premiered at the Mar del Plata Film Festival in Argentina in November 1996 and at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival as part of the Un Certain Regard competition.[4][5]
Contents
Cast
- Si Han as A-Lan, the young gay man picked up by the police one night in Beijing.
- Hu Jun as Xiao Shi, the conflicted police officer who conducts A-Lan's interrogation.
See also
- Homosexuality in China
- Farewell My Concubine (1993) by Chen Kaige, a story about two stars in a Peking opera troupe, set in mid-20th Century Beijing
- Men and Women (1999) by Liu Bingjian, a story of love resisted and love regained
- Lan Yu (2001) by Stanley Kwan, a story set in modern Beijing with homosexual themes
- Star Appeal (2004) by Cui Zi'en, a gay science-fiction film
- My Fair Son (2005) by Cui Zi'en, a story of a teenage boy in love with an older man
- Spring Fever (2009) by Lou Ye, a story of a love triangle between three young adults
- Bad Romance (2011) by François Chang, a story of the affairs of several young couples in modern Beijing, based on the lyrics of the Lady Gaga song
References
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). East Palace, West Palace at IMDb
- East Palace, West Palace at AllMovie
- East Palace, West Palace at Rotten Tomatoes
- East Palace, West Palace at Fortissimo Films
- East Palace, West Palace at Strand Releasing
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