Looking for Rohmer

Overview

The first homosexual love story themed movie to receive approval for theatrical release in China. The film follows the initial meeting of, and the subsequent secret relationship between Zhao Jie and Rohmer. They decide to travel to Tibet together. During their travels they are involved in an incident which leads to the death of a child. Although they are not responsible, they feel a lot of guilt. They quarrel about it and end up going separate ways. Later Zhao Jie learns that Rohmer has been in an accident on a glacier and, torn with remorse for not having helped him enough after the earlier incident, Zhao Jie goes to find him.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 13, 2018

Original language

French

Spoken languages

Chinese, French, Tibetan

Countries

China, France

Production

Reboot Films

Cast

Hélène Vincent,Renaud Cohen,Han Geng,Alice de Lencquesaing,Deng Zi-Yi,Jérémie Elkaïm,Thomas Fiquet

Director

Wang Chao

Writer

Wang Chao

Producer

Olivier Aknin,Lv Jianmin

Cinematography

Caroline Champetier,Jiangsong Dong

Budget

$8,000,000

Revenue

Not recorded

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