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Lan Yu( 2001)

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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

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      Hu Jun

      Chen Handong

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      Liu Ye

      Lan Yu

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      Li Shuang

      Weidong

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      Fang Lu

      Yonghong

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      Shaohua Zhang

      Niu Ma

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      Yongning Zhang

      Daning

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      Su Jin

      Lin Jingping

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      Du He

      Sister Zhang

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      Li Bin

      Bin Zi

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      Jingyi Liu

      Liu Dali

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      Fan Zhang

      Jianer

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      Zhao Minfen

      Handong's Mother

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      Li Huatong

      Liu Zheng

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun 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 s...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

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