Lan Yu
| Lan Yu | |
|---|---|
| Category: | Romance, Homosexual |
| Release date: | 2002 |
| Production company: | Yongning Creative Workshop |
| Running time: | 86 minutes |
| Rating in US: | R |
| Starring: | Hu Jun, Liu Ye, Su Jin, Li Huatong, Luo Fang, Zhang Yongning, Li Shuang, Zhao Minfen, Zhang Fan |
| Director: | Stanley Kwan |
| Producer: | Zhang Yongning |
| Screenplay: | Jimmy Ngai |
| Cinematographer: | Yang Tao |
| Poster: | |
| Prize(s) | |
- Lan Yu is also the Chinese name for Orchid Island.
Lan Yu (藍宇) is a gay-themed Chinese movie by Hong Kong director Stanley Kwan in 2002. This movie is based on a popular cyber story in China called Beijing story.
Plot synopsis
The movie tells a love story between two men, set in Beijing in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The movie ends with Lanyu’s death in an accident.
It can be counted as a mainland-made movie, because most of the crew are from mainland China. Nevertheless, this movie is banned in there (see Homosexuality in China).
This movie won a lot of prizes in different movie festivals in Hong Kong, Taiwan etc. (To be added)
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Categories: Hong Kong films | Chinese films | LGBT-related films