End Of Love
Breaking Glass PicturesWriter-director Simon Chung, whose film Innocence put
him among the leaders of Queer Asian Cinema, raises the bar
once again with this extraordinary tale of sexual obsession,
unrequited love and psychological isolation - evoking imagery
and themes from such gay classics as Brokeback Mountain
and Boys Love that are equal parts sensual, eloquent and
heartrending while creating a mood and sensibility all its own.
Boyishly cute Ming (Chi-Kin Lee) is a 22-year-old Hong
Kong male prostitute whose party-boy ways land him in a
Christian reformatory camp. As the story unfolds recalling his
relationship with his boyfriend and his ex-roommate - sharing
both and "clients" with the latter - Ming falls for Keung
(Guthrie Yip), a handsome, former addict who has been
assigned as his sponsor. When Ming and Keung each return to
the outside world, they face an uncertain future both sexually
and emotionally - and will need to rely on each other to
weather any storm on the horizon.
A hit at film festivals around the world, End Of Love abandons
the usual themes of identity and coming out which are often characteristic of gay Asian cinema and presents a mature, involving and quite entertaining look at what it's like to be young and gay in modern-day Hong Kong.
Information
- Director: Simon Chung
- Writer: Simon Chung
- Length: 1 hrs. 37 mins.
- Rating: NR
- Released: Jan 05 2010
- Production Year: 2009
- TLA SKU: 1543036
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Review by Amos Lassen
Secrets and Lies
Amos Lassen
Ming who is now in a Christian "rehabilitation" camp, looks back on his life. He once lives amid a whirlwind of sex and when he hustled men on the street and then he li... Read More