Madame
姑奶奶
2010, Documentary, 120mins
Madame
- Year 2010
- Category Documentary
- Runtime 120 mins
Screening Session
- March 15, 2024 2:45PM - 4:45PM
Post-Screening Discussion
- March 15, 2024 4:45PM - 5:45PM
Post-screening discussion with:
Director Qiu Jiongjiong and
Dr. Timmy Chen (Metropolitan University)
*Conducted in Mandarin
Synopsis
In the night, he was the flamboyant, dignified, mean, timid, malicious, snobbish, bashful, unfortunate, amorous, matriarchal and bullheaded Madame Bilan de Linphel. In the day, he was Fan Qihui, a talented tailor and fashion designer in the capital city. Fan was a fast talker and a regular visitor of the gay strongholds — parks and bathhouses — in search of romances, encounters, flirtation, sex, dinner dates... Fan said he was born to love men.
In Fan's eyes, his parents were unfortunate; his childhood, insecure and boring. When he grew up, Fan funded his journey to Guangzhou on the meager income he earned as tailor. He went to realize his dream: to be a highly sought-after “prostitute”... Indeed, he ran across some men who had left their indelible marks on him, whether it was in Beijing or in Guangzhou. He was young at the moment.