A special screening of Lou Ye's sensual and political coming-of-age drama, Summer Palace, banned in mainland China since its release.
China, 1989. Two young lovers play out their complex, erotic, love/hate relationship against a Chinese volatile backdrop of political unrest. Beautiful Yu Hong leaves her village, her family and her boyfriend to study in Beijing, where she discovers a world of intense sexual and emotional experimentation, and falls madly in love with fellow student Zhou Wei. Their relationship becomes one of dangerous games, as all around them, their fellow students begin to demonstrate, demanding democracy and freedom.
Cast:
Hao Lei, Guo Xiaodong, Hu Ling, Zhang Xianmin