Blue Gate Crossing

AKA (Lanse da men)

A film by Chih-Yen Yee

Cast

Bo-Lin Chen
Lun-Mei Guey
Shu-Hui Liang

"a beautifully melancholic heart, finely tuned to the perils of adolescence" - Mark Kermode, The Observer

Synopsis

Yuezhen is secretly in love with hunky school swimming star, Shihao. Too shy to approach him, she convinces her best friend Kerou to act as a go-between. Kerou grudgingly agrees, but whenever Shihao appears, Yuezhen flees the scene, leaving the pair alone together. Shihao soon thinks Kerou is slyly using an imaginary character to court him, but she has her sights firmly set elsewhere...

Reviews

Critics' Choice, Time Out
No. 1 'Best 5 Films', The Independent

"a tenderly nuanced portrait of teenage emotional limbo" - Sight & Sound

"beautifully shot... charming... accomplished... visual splendour" - Derek Malcolm, Evening Standard

DVD Special features

Maximum bit rate
16x9 Anamorphic Widescreen
DTS 5.1

Technical Information
Released date	October 11th, 2004
Opening Venue
Opening Venue tel.
Aspect Ratio	16:9
Main Soundtrack	Dolby Digital 5.1
Language	Mandarin
Subtitles	English
Region Code	0 (All regions)
Disc Format	DVD 9 PAL
Duration	83 min

Taiwan/2002/Colour

Additional Information

Directors' Fortnight Cannes 2002

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