2002 Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

SHANGHAI PANIC (WO MEN HAI PA)

Saturday, October 19
9:00pm
Little Theatre

Notorious underground writer Mian Mian, whose books have been officially banned by the Chinese government due to their honest depiction of the country’s disenfranchised, teams up with director Andrew Cheng to bring us SHANGHAI PANIC. Four disillusioned youth wander aimlessly in the city, getting high and going to raves. When Bei has a cold that he can’t shake and fears it may be AIDS, he looks to his streetwise friends Kika (Mian Mian), Casper, and Fifi for support. Though his negative HIV test is a relief, it does little to console this group that is continually searching for real happiness and true love. Bei is infatuated with his old pal Jie, Casper is depressed, and Kika rebuffs a suggestion by her dyke friends to become a lesbian, sardonically replying that "lesbians are even more annoying than men." Realistic and stark, SHANGHAI PANIC exemplifies the explosion of Chinese independent cinema finally making its voice heard.

SHANGHAI PANIC (WO MEN HAI PA); Andrew Cheng, director; 2001; China; 87 minutes; video (in Mandarin with English subtitles)

ASL interpreting before subtitled film
Copresented by the Long Yang Club of Seattle

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