SnipBitch Society

Runtime: 85 min
Country: Taiwan
Language: Mandarin with English subtitles
Genre: Drama

With striking performances from an attractive cast, ETERNAL SUMMER is an affecting look at first love, both gay and straight. Studious Jonathan and mischievous Shane are grade school classmates. After Shane misbehaves, their teacher asks Jonathan to befriend him so that Shane can benefit from his influence. The two opposites hit it off. Years pass and the teenagers remain inseparable. When transfer student Carrie enters the picture, the dynamics change. She’s attracted to an uninterested Jonathan, while jealous Shane develops a crush on Carrie. She doesn’t want to come between the friends so she makes Shane a challenge she’s certain he can’t meet: she’ll go out with him if he gets into college, which forces Jonathan to face up to his true feelings about his best friend.

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Awards: 7 wins & 12 nominations

Runtime: 86 min
Country: Hong Kong, China
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama, Romance

Beijing, 1988. On the cusp of middle-age, Chen Hangdong has known little but success all his life. The eldest son of a senior government bureaucrat, he heads a fast-growing trading company and plays as hard as he works. His loyal lieutenant Liu Zheng is one of the few who know that Hangdong’s tastes run to boys more than girls. Lan Yu is a country boy, newly arrived in Beijing to study architecture. More than most students, he is short of money and willing to try anything to earn some. He has run into Liu Zheng, who pragmatically suggests that he could prostitute himself for one night to a gay pool-hall and bar owner. But Hangdong happens to be in the pool-hall that evening, and he nixes the deal. He takes Lan Yu home himself, and gives the young man what turns out to be a life-changing sexual initiation.

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