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First gay film to show in China theaters
Seek McCartney will become the first gay film to show in Chinese theaters later this year.
The Chinese/French co-production, starring popular singer Han Geng and award-winning actor Jérémie Elkaïm, passed censored in its entirety after a year of deliberation.
Director Wang Chao hailed the decision as ‘a small step for the regulator and a big step for filmmakers.’
‘It was not easy, but was delightful,’ he wrote on Weibo.
Another 2015 film, The Dead End, features a passionate kiss between two male actors and passed censors earlier this year.
But Film critic Cheng Qiusong said Seek McCartney was ‘China’s first film about a gay relationship in the true sense.’
Other LGBTI films such as Brokeback Mountain, although banned from cinemas, are available on video-streaming sites.
China’s media watchdog removed homosexuality from its list of pornographic and vulgar content in 2010.
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Darren Wee
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