Withered in the Blooming Season

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Cui Zi’en, the godfather of Chines cinema, blends melodrama and sadness to depict a one of a kind family utopia

   Feng is a gay Beijing high school student who shares his home and room with his twin sister Wen. While never fully blown, his attractions toward his sister are none the less, obsessive. But Wen is now growing too old for his attentions and is ready to make a life of her own.
   Enlisting his best friend (who just happens to be gay), Feng tries to involve his sister in a relationship that he can control. Yet his plan back fires in a series of ways that leads to an unexpected but wonderful conclusion.
   Taking a page from Jean Coucteau, Cui Zi’en, one of China’s best young, gay film makers (Feeding Boys, Ayaya, My Fair Son) brings us a story about post-socialist, dysfunctional family life.

“A Fassbinder inspired plot with Jean Cocteau’s troupes...”
     - UCLA Film and Television Archive

“Jaw-dropping moments of inspired drama”
     - Film Diary

2005/Color/China/2005/90 Minutes/Mandarin w/English subtitles

Written and Directed by Cui Zi’en
Produced by Liu Jianmin
Featuring: Wang Guifeng, Xianqwen, Jiao Le, and Wang Ren’an

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