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East Palace West Palace (Dong gong xi gong) (English subs hard encoded)

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East Palace West Palace (Dong gong xi gong) (GAY interest !!) Year: 1996 (English subs hard encoded)
Synopsis :
One of the few Chinese made (and of course banned) gay films, it follows a young gay writer, A-Lan, as he visits hidden gay haunts where he is beaten, humiliated and harassed along with other gays. When arrested for the second time, he undergoes a loaded overnight interrogation filled with erotic tension in which he talks about his gay life to the fascinated officer. A-Lan is strangely attracted to his tormentor and vividly recounts his impoverished childhood, his first love, and various men from his past. Seen in flashbacks, all of the men in A-Lan's life have the face of his captor, officer Shi. A-Lan remains neither shamed nor intimidated by the oafish cop's verbal and physical abuse, but ­ he welcomes it as the realization of his sadomasochistic desires.
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REVIEW:
East Palace, West Palace is a remarkable film. In 1997 the Chinese government put its director, Yuan Zhang, under house arrest and confiscated his passport. His friends smuggled the movie out of the country so that it could be shown at the 1997 Cannes film festival. We are at once talking of a film with political and artistic implications.

The movie is tightly focused on a nightlong interrogation of a gay man, detained in a public park by a policeman. The political ramifications are clear, implying not only a broader indictment of the repressive regime in China, but also addressing the issue of intolerance of human differences everywhere.

On the more personal level, East Palace, West Palace explores with unexpected sophistication and intimacy the expression of emotional and sexual feelings through the personal history related by the protagonist, even as he seduces his captor. Beautiful camerawork, top notch acting, and wonderful use of sound, music, and interposed theatrical images combine to make this a revealing, touching, and convincing exposition on the complexities of love.

It seems only fair to alert potential viewers that the pacing is slow as the film gradually builds in intensity. Patience is required, but it is also generously rewarded.

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