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Men and Women
New Currents
- CountryChina
- Production Year1999
- Running Time90min
- Format35mm
- ColorCOLOR
Program Note
Despite their feelings, people often suppress their sexual orientation, either due to their own unawareness or due to the moral values of the society they live in. Men and Women argues for the
liberation of social oppression against the basic instincts of humans. Xiao Bo, a country boy new to Beijing, stays at a friend Qing Jie′s place and helps her with her clothes shop. One day Qing Jie
introduces her best friend Ah Meng to Xiao Bo, but Xiao Bo takes no interest in her. One day when Qing Jie is out, her husband Da Kang attempts to rape Xiao Bo. Xiao Bo leaves their home in anger
goes to hometown friend Chong Chong′s house, eventually developing a relationship that is more than just friendly. Meanwhile, Qing Jie too deepens her relationship with Ah Meng, for whom
she eventually leaves her husband. Liu Bing Jian tells this tale of instinctual desire among the people of Bejing in two ways. If revealing the homosexual orientation of Xiao Bo and Qing Jie is
one, exposing a bathroom culture where the desire for excretion is fulfilled is another. Sexual desire and the desire of excretion are interrelated. Moreover Liu Bing Jian seems to be saying that the
ambiguity of the division of sexual roles between man and woman will become more pervasive in the future and this in turn will generate a new way of living. He also implies that this is the new
reality of Beijing, where everthing may look conservatively driven, yet all is secretly changing on the inside. (Kim Ji-Seok)
Director

Liu Bing Jian
Graduated from Bejing Film Academy and initially worked in television. His first feature film Inkstone(1996) portrayed an ancestral and traditional China. It was the first Chinese film to be bought by a Hollywood company since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. His second film Men and Women(1999) is a realistic and humorous look at homosexuality in Chinese society.
Credit
- Director
Liu Bing Jian - ProducerLi Jin Liang
- CastYang Qing
Yu Bo
Zhang Kang - ScreenplayCui Zi`en
Liu Bing Jian - CinematographyLiu Jiang
Liu Bing Jian - Production DesignHan Xiao
- EditorAh Yi
- SoundYang Jiang
- Production CompanyThe Apsaras Film & TV Productions company
lbjlbj@public.bta.net.cn - World SalesLIU Bing Jian
lbjlbj@public.bta.net.cn
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