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DONG GONG XI GONG (EAST PALACE WEST PALACE)
Synopsis
The street urinals of a public park in the Chinese capital have become the favoured meeting point for homosexuals. A Lan, a sensitive young writer, likes strolling in the park. During a police raid, he finds himself at headquarters suffering a "by the book" interrogation. The questioning of A Lan quickly transforms into an unexpected reminiscence of his tumultuous life : his childhood, parents, school, first sexual experience, obligatory state work in the countryside, and then, a slow drift into the quest for true love. These brief intimate glimpses of A Lan's life blur the interrogating officer's feelings for his prisoner. A strange love story unfolds.
Credits
- ZHANG Yuan - Director
- WANG Xiaobo - Screenplay
- ZHANG Yuan - Screenplay
- ZHANG Jian - Cinematography
- XIANG Min - Music
- Vincent LEVY - Film Editor
Actors
The Official Selection 1997
Un Certain Regard
- 12 STOREYS
- A,B,C... MANHATTAN
- AKREBIN YOLCULUGU
- AMERICAN PERFEKT
- BRAT
- DONG GONG XI GONG
- ENSKILDA SAMTAL
- GUDIA
- HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÉMA
- IN THE COMPANY OF MEN
- INSIDE/OUT
- L'ECHO DU VENT EN MOI
- LA BUENA ESTRELLA
- LA CRUZ
- LOVE AND DEATH ON LONG ISLAND
- MARCELLO MASTROIANNI MI RICORDO, SI IO MI RICORDO
- MARIUS ET JEANNETTE
- MRS BROWN
- POST-COITUM, ANIMAL TRISTE
- SUNDAY
- THE HOUSE
- WITMAN FIUK