Lan Yu
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Stanley Kwan Kam-pang
Hu Jun
Liu Ye
Zhang Yongning
Su Jin
Li Huatong
Film Details
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Synopsis
Beijing, 1988. On the cusp of middle-age, Chen Hangdong has known little but success all his life. The eldest son of a senior government bureaucrat, he heads a fast-growing trading company and plays as hard as he works. His loyal lieutenant Liu Zheng is one of the few who know that Hangdong's tastes run to boys more than girls. Lan Yu is a country boy, newly arrived in Beijing to study architecture. More than most students, he is short of money and willing to try anything to earn some. He has run into Liu Zheng, who pragmatically suggests that he could prostitute himself for one night to a gay pool-hall and bar owner. But Hangdong happens to be in the pool-hall that evening, and he nixes the deal. He takes Lan Yu home himself, and gives the young man what turns out to be a life-changing sexual initiation.
Director
Stanley Kwan Kam-pang
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Released in United States August 23, 2002
Released in United States January 2002
Released in United States July 19, 2002
Released in United States July 26, 2002
Released in United States May 2001
Released in United States November 2001
Released in United States on Video May 13, 2003
Released in United States September 2001
Released in United States Summer July 3, 2002
Shown at Cannes International Film Festival (Un Certain Regard) May 9-20, 2001.
Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) November 7-22, 2001.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) in Park City, Utah January 10-20, 2002.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 6-15, 2001.
Film is adapted from the gay porn novel "Beijing Story", published anonymously on the internet by 'Beijing Comrade'.
Released in United States January 2002 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) in Park City, Utah January 10-20, 2002.)
Released in United States May 2001 (Shown at Cannes International Film Festival (Un Certain Regard) May 9-20, 2001.)
Released in United States on Video May 13, 2003
Released in United States Summer July 3, 2002
Released in United States July 19, 2002 (San Jose)
Released in United States July 26, 2002 (New York City)
Released in United States August 23, 2002 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States September 2001 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 6-15, 2001.)
Released in United States November 2001 (Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) November 7-22, 2001.)
