“Should you give your first kiss to the boy who likes you or the girl you like?” MENG Ker-Rou and LIN Yue-Zhen are high school friends who can talk to each other about everything and anything. On the school grounds one early summer, Yue-Zhen develops a crush on the charming ZHANG Shih-Hao, and asks ...(Read more)
“Should you give your first kiss to the boy who likes you or the girl you like?” MENG Ker-Rou and LIN Yue-Zhen are high school friends who can talk to each other about everything and anything. On the school grounds one early summer, Yue-Zhen develops a crush on the charming ZHANG Shih-Hao, and asks Ker-Rou to help her pass on a love letter to him. Ker-Rou is furious upon discovering that the letter was actually written in her name, but by then, Shih-Hao had already madly fallen in love with her.
Director YEE Chih-Yen avoided symbols commonly seen in Taiwan New Cinema films, such as military dependents' villages and old houses, instead focusing on the innocent and simple love of young people and their exploration of sexual and self-identity. Adopting a refreshing and aesthetically pleasing style and employing the use of simple images and language, the film is said to have opened the doors for the growth of youth-oriented films in Taiwan.
DVD source:Taiwan Cinema Toolkit, Ministry of Culture, R.O.C.
Chinese title: | 藍色大門 |
Year: | 2002 |
Director: | YEE Chin-yen |
Duration: | 83min |
Length: | Feature |
Category: | Fiction |
Genre: | Drama |
Theme: | Youth |
Color: | Color |
Format: | DVD |
Sound: | Stereo |
Language: | Mandarin |
Subtitle: | Mandarin, English |
Producer: | Peggy CHIAO |
Actors: | GWEI Lun-Mei, CHEN Bo-Lin, Yolin LIAN |
Screenplay: | YEE Chih-Yen |
Camera: |
CHIENN Hsiang |
Editor: | LIAO Ching-Song |
Music: | Chris HOU |
Excluded for public screenings: | Licensed to all regions except: Taiwan, China (not including Hong Kong, Macau) |
Royalty period: | Jul. 1, 2016 - Jun. 30, 2019 |
Licensing contact: | This license of non-profit screenings has expired on JUN 30, 2019. Regarding conditions for screening, please contact: Trigram Films |
Festival list: | 2002 Cannes International Film Festival, Directors' Fortnight 2002 Toronto International Film Festival 2002 Tokyo International Film Festival 2002 Busan International Film Festival |