Movie
East Palace, West Palace
1996 · 95 min
A claustrophobic, talk-heavy night of interrogation that slowly shifts from revulsion to uneasy fascination, demanding patience and rewarding it with quiet intensity.
- Directed by
- Zhang Yuan
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Si Han, Hu Jun, Liu Yuxiao
- Tagline
- Master and servant…
- Overview
- A heterosexual Beijing policeman and a young homosexual challenge each other's sexuality.
- How it feels
- Tense, melancholic, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Identity, isolation, power, sexuality
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Zhang Yuan
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Si Han, Hu Jun, Liu Yuxiao
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