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Which 2000 film by Lou Ye follows a gay policeman in contemporary Beijing struggling with his identity, and was one of the first Chinese films to openly depict a same-sex relationship—banned domestically, it circulated only via bootleg DVDs?
Answer: Lan Yu — Lan Yu adapts an anonymous internet novel and was shot in Beijing on location without government approval, winning several international festival awards while remaining unavailable in China.
- A Lan Yu ✓
- B East Palace, West Palace
- C Happy Together
- D Fish and Elephant
Lan Yu adapts an anonymous internet novel and was shot in Beijing on location without government approval, winning several international festival awards while remaining unavailable in China.