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Bishonen (1998)

Bishonen poster
Original title
美少年之戀
Directed by
Yonfan
Genre
drama film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man becomes entangled in a complex love triangle with two other men. The story follows their emotional struggles and the tragic outcome of their relationships.

melancholicromanticbittersweetvisually lushdreamliketragicintimateyearning

What happens

Bishonen... (Chinese: 美少年之戀; literally: Passion Between Beautiful Youths) is a 1998 Hong Kong romantic drama film about an ill-fated gay romance. Written and directed by Yonfan, the film stars Stephen Fung, Daniel Wu and Shu Qi. In 2011, the film was screened at the 16th Busan International Film Festival as part of a retrospective of Yonfan's work, which featured seven of his restored and re-mastered films from the 1980s through the 2000s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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