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Lan Yu (2001)

18/05/2001 (CN)Drama, Romance1h 27m
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Overview

A love story between a country boy in Beijing to study and a wealthy businessman set against the backdrop of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Hu Jun

      Hu Jun

      Chen Handong

    2. Liu Ye

      Liu Ye

      Lan Yu

    3. Li Shuang

      Li Shuang

      Weidong

    4. Fang Lu

      Fang Lu

      Yonghong

    5. Shaohua Zhang

      Shaohua Zhang

      Niu Ma

    6. Yongning Zhang

      Yongning Zhang

      Daning

    7. Su Jin

      Su Jin

      Lin Jingping

    8. Du He

      Du He

      Sister Zhang

    9. Li Bin

      Li Bin

      Bin Zi

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Oct 22, 2023

    This actually starts off rather seedily, I thought! A handsome young student "Lan Yu" (Ye Liu) is working in a restaurant where some of his colleagues discuss the idea of renting him out! It's the wealthy "Chen Handong" (Jun Hu) who gets the privilege and initially their's is the most transactional of relationships. The older man is an highly successful businessman and the younger one, a would-be architect who lives a basic lifestyle. Against the odds, perhaps, the two men start to bond and even though "Chen" is an ostensibly upstanding, straight, member of the community there is the distinct ...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageChinese

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    Keywords

    • china
    • beijing, china
    • lgbt
    • older man younger man relationship
    • 1980s
    • gay theme
    • boys' love (bl)