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Raise The Umbrellas (2016)
撐傘 IMDb TMDB
other title: 撐傘
Four years later, Hong Kong’s 2014 democratic Umbrella Movement has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, yet political backlash against protesters has intensified. Repeatedly the target of censorship*, Raise the Umbrellas traces the lineage of the massive Hong Kong protest to the global Occupy movement, 1989 Tiananmen, and its democratic struggles since British colonial days. Highlights range from the Umbrella Movement’s eco-awareness and its burgeoning aspiration for independence, to its empowerment of women -- “umbrella mothers” -- and the rainbow-bridging activism of LGBTQ iconic artists. Incisive and intimate, driven by stirring on-site footage in a major Asian metropolis riven by protest, Umbrellas includes anti-Occupy views that lay bare the sheer political risk for post-colonial Hong Kong’s universal-suffragist striving to define its autonomy within China.

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Journey to Beijing (1998)
Douban
★ 8.8 5 ratings
other title: 北征
兩百多名香港人在回歸前夕為了「苗圃行動」,由香港步行到北京,為中國貧窮地區的工程籌款。他們到 北京時距香港回歸中國只剩十九天,《北征》以此活動為骨幹,條縷香港回歸前夕形形色色的文化、社會、歷史的省思。步行者走過廣州、毛澤東故居韶山、鄭州、天安門,最後登上長城終點。追隨籌款者北上的同時,導演陳耀成的鏡頭橫跨中港美,凝視殖民地末日的歸去來:退隱加州的老報人羅孚、從紐約專程返港的修女/劇作家陳尹瑩、導演關錦鵬與同性運動者、編舞家黎海寧和他的「革命樣板京劇」、哲學家勞思光談毛澤東、環保人士、政客、民運人士劉山青等。英國著名影評人東尼‧雷恩斯 (Tony Rayns)盛讚香港導演陳耀成,精準捕捉香港面對歷史新里程的複雜心境。

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The Map of Sex and Love (2001)
情色地圖 TMDB Douban
陈耀成 actor: 周文淇 / 何珮頤 …
other title: 情色地图 / 情色地圖
女孩与两个男孩。在香港,在香港的岛屿与岛屿中。三个人遇见了彼此。一个曾经为爱精神崩溃的女孩,一个同性恋的舞者,青少年时他的辅导老师要他用橡皮筋来“治愈”自己的性欲“倒错”,一个打从纽约回来的电影人,他的声音影像像是失去风向标的游魂,穿梭在后殖民理论和个人记忆当中,他逝去的父亲与母亲。三个人,三段往事,穿过岛屿与岛屿,在陌生也熟悉的家乡,过去在每一个现在不断窜动。在身体与身体短暂的交换,在眼神与眼神浮晃的煞那,在一个空间和一段时间的不断稍移,在黑与白不断吞吐出来的每一天 ,《情色地图》就像一部过去的《太空电影》。 幕后/花絮 在导演手记当中,陈耀成写到:“较早时电影片名是《三个秘密》,诉说个人的秘密──女孩和同性恋舞者的伤心经历──同时也是公众和历史的秘密,譬如澳门的纳粹黄金。但无庸置疑,这部电影说的是性(欲)和爱情,我希望把他们与地图联系起来,能带出那种个人和历史存在的不确定感──痛苦,快乐,还有止不住的对定位的需要。”

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Datong: The Great Society (2011)
大同:康有為在瑞典 TMDB Douban
★ 8.2 10 ratings
陈耀成 actor: 廖启智 Kai Chi Liu / 陈令智 …
other title: 大同:康有为在瑞典 / 大同:康有為在瑞典
推動政改失敗後,改革派旗手康有為遭慈禧太后下令追緝,落荒逃到國外,終於在瑞典斯德哥爾摩買下一座外島暫住,流亡期間卻仍心繫家國,冀望一天能回歸故土,建立他的中國大同社會。事隔一個世紀,今天旅美導演陳耀成(《情色地圖》)以這段鮮少受注意的清末歷史遺章為題,拍成一部混合紀錄與劇情的另類傳記片,由萬能老倌廖啟智出演這位壯志未酬的爭議人物,《浮世戀曲》金馬影后陳令智演他的女兒同璧。或許是緣份吧,同樣已移居瑞典小島的六十年代女星江青更特別為本片復出,擔任旁白。

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Crossings (1994)
錯愛 Douban
other title: 错爱 / 錯愛
见习护士慕容婉(袁咏仪 饰)与Benny(任达华 饰)邂逅,两人一见钟情,很快就走在了一起。岂料Benny原来是美国警方通缉的毒贩,只是利用慕容婉作掩护偷运毒品。然而慕容婉却爱得死心塌地,不仅决定与未婚夫分手,甚至怀上了Benny的骨肉。为了追随至爱,Benny抛弃一切来到了美国,然而Benny在美国同居女友妒火中烧,用诡计阻止了Benny与慕容婉见面,并骗光了她的财物一走了之。身在他乡又身无分文的慕容婉最终命运如何?

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Love and Death in Montmartre (2017)
蒙馬特之愛與死 TMDB Douban
★ 7.0 6 ratings
other title: 蒙馬特之愛與死 / 蒙马特的爱与死
In 1995, the young Taiwanese woman writer Qiu Miaojin committed suicide in Paris’s Montmartre district, leaving behind the autobiographical novel LAST WORDS IN MONTMARTRE. Two decades later, the novel was published in English by the prestigious New York Review Books, bringing Qiu renown in Western literary circles and quickly prompting translations into other European languages. Qiu is considered the first openly lesbian novelist in the history of Chinese literature; her debut novel, NOTES OF A CROCODILE, became a “Bible” for the Taiwanese lesbian community and an underground classic in Taiwan and Hong Kong, with an official edition finally published in 2012. DEATH IN MONTMARTRE travels through Taiwan, Paris, and New York to trace the life of this literary star who enjoyed fame only after her death, interviewing literary masters from Taiwan, France, and the U.S. while discussing LGBTQ culture and lesbian literature from a perspective of equality.