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24 July 1998 (USA) morePlot:
In China, homosexuality isn't illegal, but homosexuals are routinely persecuted by police and arrested for "hooliganism"... more | add synopsisAwards:
4 wins moreUser Comments:
Confessions of an Infatuated Gay Writer in Beijing moreCast
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Behind the Forbidden City (USA)East Palace West Palace (International: English title)
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90 min | Canada:94 min | Netherlands:94 minCountry:
ChinaLanguage:
MandarinColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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In 1997 the Chinese government put director 'Zhang, Yuan' under house arrest and confiscated his passport. His friends smuggled this movie out of the country so it could be shown at the 1997 Cannes film festival. moreFAQ
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In Beijing, gays have hidden sexual encounters in a park during the night and are severely repressed by the police. The writer A Lan (Si Han) is arrested by the policeman Xiao Shi (Jun Hu) and along the whole night, he is interrogated, disclosing his hard life-story since he was a child and his crush on Xiao Shi.
"Dong Gong Xi Gong" could be called confessions of an infatuated gay writer in Beijing. This film is bald and in accordance with the information on the cover of the VHS, "it is the first Chinese movie assumed gay, success in whole world… forbidden in China". The theatrical story is well acted by Si Han and Jun Hu. In accordance with the opinion of some IMDb reviewers, this film would be a metaphor of the repressive situation in China, but is it? I do not agree with this intellectualized interpretation, and in my opinion, it is a simple and well acted gay romance, better and better than the famous "Broke Back Mountain". My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "O Outro Lado da Cidade Proibida" ("The Other Side of the Forbidden City")