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Fri 27 Jun - Sat 5 Jul 2025
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Lust, betrayal, and forbidden desire unfold in this sultry, sensorily-charged drama from Lou Ye 娄烨.
In 2009 Nanjing, a love triangle splinters into obsession when a private investigator falls for the man he’s been hired to surveil. Shot guerrilla-style after Lou Ye was banned from filmmaking in China, Spring Fever captures the disarray of passion with a fever-dream intensity.
Premiering at Cannes in 2009, where it won Best Screenplay, Spring Fever is a bold act of cinematic defiance. Lou Ye 娄烨 (Suzhou River, Purple Butterfly), as always, confronts censorship with sensuality and rage. Shot covertly while Lou Ye was under a filmmaking ban in China, Spring Fever pulses with the urgency of forbidden love and political resistance.
Curated by the Chinese Independent Film Foundation and Beijing Queer Film Festival.
Focus on Queer 中文 Cinema (Thu 19 Jun – Mon 7 Jul 2025)
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