Short film
Love Me Tender
2021 · 15 min
A quiet, aching character study that lingers on loneliness and longing, leaving a heavy sadness.
- Directed by
- He Yupeng
- Overview
- The lack of love from the father makes Xiao Man deeply insecure, while his mother does not care about him. Gradually, he grows a resistance to heterosexual relations. Xiao Man yearns for a strong arm, but the middle-aged man he loves is a man with a family. The middle-aged man leaves him, and Xiao Man's mother also leaves him for re-marriage.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, bleak and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Isolation, identity, family, sexuality
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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