Lan Yu
2001 · Movie · R · 87 min · ★ 7.1 · 64% critics
Set in Beijing from the late 1980s onward, this romantic drama follows a student from the countryside and a wealthy businessman whose relationship begins as an arrangement and deepens over time. As personal pressures and political upheaval shape their lives, they keep finding their way back to each other.
Based on Beijing Story
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Details
- Original title
- 蓝宇
- Years
- 2001
- Release date
- 2001-05-18
- Language
- Chinese
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Critic score
- 64/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (61 votes)
- Box office
- $3,847,964
About
You may like this if you want a tender, bittersweet queer romance focused on emotional push and pull, especially if Farewell My Concubine or Eternal Summer worked for you; Not for you if you want a light, upbeat love story.
Pros: strong lead chemistry; moving, intimate romance; natural dialogue | Cons: jumpy timeline; some rushed development; heavy, downbeat mood
Themes
- china
- beijing, china
- lgbt
- older man younger man relationship
- 1980s
- gay theme
- boys' love (bl)
- psychological romance
Cast & crew
Hu Jun
as Chen Handong
Liu Ye
as Lan Yu
- LS
Li Shuang
as Weidong
Fang Lu
as Yonghong
Zhang Shaohua
as Niu Ma
Yongning Zhang
as Daning
Su Jin
as Lin Jingping
Du He
as Sister Zhang
Li Bin
as Bin Zi
- JL
Jingyi Liu
as Liu Dali
Directed by Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang