A concise synopsis of gay-themed movies and gay interest films. Click on the photos to enlarge.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

美少年之恋 (1998)



















Jet (Stephen Fung) is a handsome gay hustler, the star gigolo in Hong Kong, whose sex appeal and arrogance seem to have no bounds. Everyone wants to make love to him, but he is in love with no one but himself. Things change drastically when he notices a young couple in a shop, Sam Fai (Daniel Wu) and Kana (Qi Shu). At first sight, he falls in love with Sam and begins following the two around. Jet's friend Ching (Jason Tsang), who is also a hustler, places an ad in a gay magazine for Jet, imploring Sam to contact Jet. At first, Jet is angry with Ching for not asking him, but his wrath ends when he meets Sam again in what seems like a chance encounter, but actually is an outcome of the personal ad. Sam turns out to be a police officer, the hunkiest policeman to ever pound a beat on Hollywood Road, and Jet starts to befriend him, hoping it will turn into a relationship. But Sam does not seem to notice Jet's intentions towards him. Jet tries to change into someone he is not: innocent, sweet, clean, and pure.

Unknown to Jet, Sam had a homosexual affair with pop star K. S. (Terence Yin) five years earlier. At the same time, Ching had been in unrequited love with Sam (then calling himself Fai) when the two were still office workers. Ching goes to his apartment shared with Jet when Jet and Sam are there, instantly recognizes Sam as Fai and is furious with Jet for stealing his beloved.

A gay romantic mystery, this film is based on the biggest scandal to hit the Hong Kong Police force. A cache of photographs was discovered of handsome young men in police uniforms, some of them half nude, others holding law enforcement paraphernalia such as clubs in suggestive poses. An investigation by the Police revealed that some of the men were policemen, whereas others were hustlers and gigolos. The focus of the movie is not the scandal, but the unusual meeting of two different worlds, illustrated in the romantic entanglement involving a policeman, two male prostitutes, and a gay pop singer. The film starts with a simple love story, but tragedy is inevitable. It begins on a good premise, however it slowly slides into comfortable melodrama with a predictable ending. Chris Babida composed the music, and Yonfan wrote the screenplay and directed. The English titles for "Mei shao nian zhi lian" is "Bishonen". The language is Cantonese, with English, Chinese, Bahasa, and Thai subtitles available.

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