For many of us, the teenage
coming out, coming of age story has been done again and again, but Blue Gate
Crossing is a sweet addition to these kinds of storylines, with the added
interest of being set in Taiwan.
Meng Kerou (Lun-mei Guey) and Lin Yuezhen
(Shu-hui Liang) are best friends and high school students in Taipei. Yuezhen has
a crush on Zhang Shihao (Bo-lin Chen), a boy in their school, but it's Kerou who
goes to talk to him on Yuezhen's behalf. Shihao thinks it's Kerou who likes him,
so things become a bit of a mess when he begins to like her. At the same time,
Kerou is realizing that it's Yuezhen that she's fallen in love with.
It's
a very innocent story of young love. Shihao becomes a good friend to Kerou too.
He's the kind of boy who's very sweet and likable and a big part of making this
film work. Yuezhen, on the other hand, lives in a sort of fantasy world and chooses
to ignore it when Kerou kisses her. Kerou's heart breaks, but she ends up happy
and more sure of herself and her sexuality, regardless of Yuezhen's reaction.
Nominated
for Best Asian Film at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
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