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The
film that stunned the 1997 Cannes Film Festival in more ways
than one after director Zhang Gay
men gather at two sets of public toilets known as East Palace
and West Palace near the The
Film Festival is proud to present *East Palace, West Palace*
as a special premiere. |
His filmBeijing Busters, about young people searching for freedom and trying desperately to express themselves, managed to evade the Chinese censors entirely. The Square, shot and edited secretly under the nose of those same authorities, looked at Tiananmen Square and its significance as the center of China (or if you believe the party line, of the whole world). While not himself gay, Zhang's empathy with his gay characters in his most recent film is striking. |
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