East Palace, West Palace 東宮西宮

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A young gay writer is interrogated by the police in this pioneering depiction of homosexuality, cruising and desire in Beijing.

Two people leaning closely together, their faces nearly touching in an intimate close-up.

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Zhang Yuan

Zhang Yuan was born in 1963 in Nanjing, China. He is a director and producer, known for Little Red Flowers (2006), Seventeen Years (1999) and East Palace, West Palace (1996). First emerging onto the film scene as a documentary filmmaker, he is seen as one of the pioneering members of China’s Sixth Generation of filmmakers.