''Blue Gate Crossing'' () is a 2002
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
ese
film
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by writer-director
Yee Chin-yen
Yee Chih-yen (; born 21 November 1959) is a Taiwanese film director.
Biography
Yee Chih-yen attended UCLA between 1983 and 1988.http://www.taiwancinema.com/ct.asp?xItem=12445&ctNode=39
Filmography
* '' Lonely Hearts Club'' (1994)
* ''Blue Gate ...
. It was nominated for ''Best Asian Film'' at the
23rd Hong Kong Film Awards
Ceremony for the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards was held on 4 April 2004 in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Hosts for the ceremony consisted of Dayo Wong and a line-up of nine female celebrities, namely Bowie Tsang, Athena Chu, Candice Yu, Cherrie ...
held in 2004.
Cast
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Chen Bolin as Zhang Shihao
*
Gwei Lun-mei
Gwei Lun-mei (; born 25 December 1983) is a Taiwanese actress. She started her acting career in 2002, with the film ''Blue Gate Crossing''. Gwei then appeared in a few more films before achieving wide recognition for the film ''Secret'', direc ...
as Meng Kerou
* Yolin Liang as Lin Yuezhen
* Joanna Chou as Mrs. Meng
Cameo
*
Jay Shih
Jay Shih (; born 31 October 1983) is a Taiwanese actor, singer and television host. He debuted as one half of the Mandopop
Mandopop or Mandapop refers to Mandarin popular music. The genre has its origin in the jazz-influenced popular music ...
as Pipi
Plot
Reception
The film has been well-received critically. Dennis Lim, in a review for the ''Village Voice,'' observed the film's "meticulous framing and haunting use of repeated motifs" reflects the influence of
Taiwanese New Wave directors
Hou Hsiao-hsien and
Edward Yang
Edward Yang (; November 6, 1947 – June 29, 2007) was a Taiwanese filmmaker. Yang, along with fellow auteurs Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang, was one of the leading film-makers of the Taiwanese New Wave and Taiwanese cinema. He won the ...
. The ''Portland Mercury'' described the film as "a modern-day Chinese lesbo twist on the old ''
Cyrano'' story" that "treads new territory in the teen coming of age drama realm," praising Yee's "haiku-like directorial lyricism."
Seventh Annual PLGFF
Retrieved 2011-04-07.
Events
* 2002：Cannes Film Festival
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"Directors' Fortnight
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* 2002：Toronto International Film Festival
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* 2002：Tokyo International Film Festival
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* 2002：Busan International Film Festival
The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festiv ...
* 2002：Seattle International Film Festival
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Competition
* 2002： Vancouver Film Festival
* 2003：Bangkok Film Festival
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* 2003：Adelaide Film Festival
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* 2003：Istanbul International Film Festival
The Istanbul Film Festival ( tr, İstanbul Film Festivali) is the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. It is held every year in April in movie theaters in Istanbul, Tu ...
* 2003：San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
The Frameline Film Festival (aka San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival) (formerly San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival; San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival) began as a storefront event in 1976. The first ...
* 2003：Dublin LGBT Film Festival
* 2003：Milwaukee LGBT Film & Video Festival
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* 2002：Asia Pacific Film Festival
The Asia-Pacific Film Festival (abbreviated APFF) is an annual film festival hosted by the Federation of Motion Picture Producers in Asia-Pacific. The festival was first held in Tokyo, Japan, in 1954.
History
The festival was first held in Tok ...
* 2004：Belgium Holebi LGBT film festival
References
External links
"A Taipei Love Triangle"
''TIME''
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2002 films
2002 drama films
2002 LGBT-related films
Lesbian-related films
LGBT-related drama films
2000s Mandarin-language films
Taiwanese LGBT-related films
Taiwanese high school films
Taiwanese teen drama films
Teen LGBT-related films
Films set in Taipei
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