Tongzhi in Love

'Tongzhi in Love', 2008

Documentary portrays the life of gay men in China and how some of the men still must marry and have children to please their parents.

Documentary portrays the life of gay men in China and how some of the men still must marry and have children to please their parents.

Director

Ruby Yang

Runtime

30 minutes

Type

Feature

Genre

Documentary, Short

Keywords

gay, chinese tradition, beijing china

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Tongzhi in Love

Ruby Yang, 2008

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Documentary portrays the life of gay men in China and how some of the men still must marry and have children to please their parents.

Three young men navigate the dilemmas of being gay in modern China, torn between the lure of big city life and the demands of Chinese tradition. "Frog" Cui and his friends live and work in cosmopolitan Beijing, reveling in the freedom that it affords them. But does their happiness come at the expense of their mothers and fathers? Can they be gay, and still be good sons?

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Documentary portrays the life of gay men in China and how some of the men still must marry and have children to please their parents.

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Three young men navigate the dilemmas of being gay in modern China, torn between the lure of big city life and the demands of Chinese tradition. "Frog" Cui and his friends live and work in cosmopolitan Beijing, reveling in the freedom that it affords them. But does their happiness come at the expense of their mothers and fathers? Can they be gay, and still be good sons?

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Cast

Xiang Feng

Actor

Cui Frog

Actor/Actress

Long Ze

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