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Blue Gate Crossing (2002)

Blue Gate Crossing poster
Original title
藍色大門
Directed by
Yee Chin-yen
Genre
LGBTQ-related film
Country
Taiwan, France
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
12
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 94 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl develops a crush on a male student, but he is interested in her friend. The story follows their tangled feelings and the awkwardness of young love.

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What happens

Blue Gate Crossing (Chinese: 藍色大門; pinyin: lánsè dà mén) is a 2002 Taiwanese film directed and written by Yee Chih-yen. It was screened at the Director's Fortnight section of the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for Best Asian Film at the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards held in 2004. The film grossed over five million New Taiwan Dollars at the box office in Taiwan, which was a rare achievement for a Taiwanese film in the 2000s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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