Meet the Men of Hong Kong's First Gay Datg Show

Contents:

• THIS FILM IS A TALE OF TWO OLR GAY MEN FDG LOVE HONG KONG
• 10 GREAT GAY FILMS OM EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA
• HONG KONG’S BT NEW ROMANCE IS ABOUT THE SECRET LIV OF THE CY’S CLOSETED GAY “UNCL”
• SOME OF THE GREATT GAY LOVE STORI MOVI

THIS FILM IS A TALE OF TWO OLR GAY MEN FDG LOVE HONG KONG

” (Strand Releasg) Although numero films and TV shows have featured olr LGBTQ upl — “Cloudburst, ” “Love Is Strange, ” “Vic” and the current “Supernova, ” to name a few — the Hong Kong lole of “Twilight’s Kiss” mak wrer-director Ray Yng’s gently observant, liberately-paced drama about two agg gay men feel uniquely (Tai Bo) is a pragmatic 70-year-old taxi driver on the cp of semi-retirement. Hoi is also closeted to his fay but has much more experience than Pak the gay world cludg beg part of the Mature Tongzhi Society, a supportive circle of senr gay and Hoi meet up aga and slowly enter to a tenr and joyful romance, filled wh small adventur and stolen moments, though the shadow of secrecy and faial prsure looms large.

How Pak tends his beloved b speaks movie also offers a vivid view of Hong Kong and s environs, wh a discreet peek to the cy’s gay social scene. This Film Is a Tale of Two Olr Gay Men Fdg Love Hong Kong | AnOtherTwilight’s Kiss, 2021(Film still)No untry for old gay men: Twilight’s Kiss by director Ray Yng imag two men already their formative years and gettg another chance at loveFebary 23, 2021. “To survive, they’ve had to ignore who they are, ” says director Ray Yng about the olr gay men of Hong Kong, the subject of his latt film, Twilight’s Kiss.

10 GREAT GAY FILMS OM EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA

For a long time, the future was nceivable for gay men.

Gay men lived the shadows of society, matag their veneer of heteronormative stabily by marryg straight women at great st to themselv and their fai. It is Yng’s bt film yet, a meangful and rehg portrayal of the nvenienc of ageg and romance, starrg two olr, closeted gay men. “Invtors don’t see the marketabily and mercial value of old bodi, pecially the ntext of gay films.

HONG KONG’S BT NEW ROMANCE IS ABOUT THE SECRET LIV OF THE CY’S CLOSETED GAY “UNCL”

There is a lot of ageism the gay scene, ” says Yng. I n’t remember the last time I’ve seen any film, gay or straight, that foced on senr romance.

Inspired by Profsor Travis Kong’s Oral Histori of Olr Gay Men Hong Kong, the story follows Pak (Tai Bo), a gff grandfather who swam to Hong Kong durg the Cultural Revolutn and toiled for years as a taxi driver. Intimate moments of rg and kdns are thoughtfully directed as the two men go on dat, strollg through wet markets and seekg refuge a gay sna. In Yng’s film, however, sists that the genre’s lack of such pictns miss a ccial aspect of gay life.

SOME OF THE GREATT GAY LOVE STORI MOVI

Yng looks beyond his ma characters to clu the perspectiv of other olr gay men the muny.

In the movie, he reenacts his appearance at Hong Kong’s legislative uncil, pleadg to allow gay elrs to “live out [their] twilight years wh digny and eedom”.

And, the Che-speakg world, gay reprentatn is still sorely lackg (LGBTQ+ ntent beg supprsed Cha and Malaysia), and stori about the love between two grandparents are virtually non-existent. S S film review: award-wng Hong Kong gay romance follows the twilight affair of two closeted fay men. Wh sensive directn and subtle, genue actg, is an sightful portra of homosexualy tradnal Che society.

Hong Kong’s LGBTQ+ muny has seen some solid social progrs recent years: The ernment regnized same-sex partnerships spoal visa applitns, the hight urt led that same-sex upl n apply for spoal benefs and file jot tax returns, and a study nducted last year showed that the majory of Hongkongers support gay marriage. Of urse there’s still unrcurrents of homophobia, too, as seen the recent furor over a Cathay Pacific ad featurg a gay uple, the whdrawal of 10 LGBT children’s books om the cy’s librari, and the appotment of an anti-gay marriage polician to the cy’s equali watchdog.