East Palace, West Palace (1996)
Dong gong xi gong (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 30min
- Drama
- 24 Jul 1998 (USA)
- Movie
A-Lan, a young gay writer, being attracted to a young policeman named Xiao Shi, manages to have himself arrested and interrogated for a whole night. Xiao Shi's attitude shifts from revulsion to fascination and, finally, to attraction.
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- 4 wins & 1 nomination.
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Cast
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Si Han | ... |
A Lan
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| Jun Hu | ... |
Xiao Shi
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Jing Ye |
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| Wei Zhao |
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Directed by
| Yuan Zhang | ||
Written by
| Xiaobo Wang | ... | () |
| Yuan Zhang | ... | () |
Produced by
| Christophe Jung | ... | producer |
| Christophe Ménager | ... | producer |
| Willy Tsao | ... | executive producer |
| Yuan Zhang | ... | producer |
| Yukang Zhang | ... | associate producer |
Music by
| Min Xiang | ||
Cinematography by
| Jian Zhang | ||
Editing by
| Vincent Lévy | ||
Production Design by
| An Bing | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Jie Cheng | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Jianqin Shen | ... | sound |
| Gang Wu | ... | sound |
Production Companies
- Quelqu'Un D'Autre Productions
- Ministrère de la Culture Français (with the participation of)
- Ministère des Affaires Étrangères (with the participation of)
- Hubert Bals Fund (support)
Distributors
- Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (1997) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Cinemien (1998) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Folkets Bio (1999) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Strand Releasing (1998) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Estação (Brazil) (VHS)
- Optimale (2006) (France) (DVD)
- Peccadillo Pictures (2003) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
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Storyline
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In China, homosexuality isn't illegal, but homosexuals are routinely persecuted by police and arrested for "hooliganism". The film focuses on a young gay writer A-Lan who, being attracted to a young policeman, manages to have himself interrogated for a whole night. His life-story which he tells during the interrogation reflects the general repression of the Chinese society. The policeman's attitude shifts from the initial revulsion to fascination and, finally, to attraction.
Written by Piotr Zembrowski |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | In 1997 the Chinese government put director 'Zhang, Yuan' under house arrest and confiscated his passport. His friends smuggled this movie out of the country so it could be shown at the 1997 Cannes film festival. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1996). See more » |