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THE TASTE OF BETEL NUT (BING LANG XUE) (BIN LANG XIE)
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Completed - MANDARIN - Drama - 85 minutes

Log Line

Their love is impulsive, open, vigorous, that broke the peaceful fishing village life.




Previous markets

  • Busan 2018 (Debut)
  • AFM 2018 (Line up)
  • FILMART 2019 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2019 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2017

Director(s) : Wu JIA
 Cast : Zhao BING RUI, Shen SHI YU, Yue YE

Synopsis

Li Qi (starring ZHAO Bing Rui) is working for a dolphin show, his friend Ren Yu (starring YU Yue) chugs along with his mobile karaoke, working the surfers’ beach along the coast of Hainan Island where they both live. The tourists are delighted by Ren’s physical similarity to the screen actor Leslie Cheung and are happy to pay for a photo with him – or to get drunk with him.
When a young woman Bai Ling (starring SHEN Shi Yu) joins this polyamorous couple, things are no different at first and an open, three-way relationship would seem possible. Together, Li Qi, Ren Yu and Bai Ling set out to test the limitations of a restrictive society as well as their own sexuality. But then, something happens that rocks the protagonists to the core and will have a deep and lasting effect on them …

Production

Country(ies) : CHINA

Festivals and Awards

Hong Kong International FIlm Festival 2017 (Official selection)
Seattle International Film Festival 2017 (Official Selection)
Berlin International Film Festival 2017 (Panorama Section)


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