Two Suns

Director:Yuqing Lai

Screenwriter:Yuqing Lai

Cast:Yuqing Lai, Colin Ren Hang

Producer:Lily Yang, Janet Zheng

Cinematographer:Brian Nguyen

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Language:Mandarin Chinese, English

Production Company:Foggy 97

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SYNOPSIS

The story happens to Frank, a transgender actor and his girlfriend Sinan. Frank is dissatisfied that their relationship has been avoiding everyone. He goes to a massage place for comfort on his friend’s recommendation. After another stressful rehearsal, Sinan tries to comfort Frank, but he ignores. Frank revisits the massage place. During the body contact, Frank feels accepted as a normal man, but also remains in his intimate past with Sinan. He leaves and talks to Sinan with pain and love.

Director Biography

Lai-Yuqing, she/they, originally from Fujian, was born in Tianjin and studied in Canada and the United States. She/They is an actor, director, and musician who has worked on several short and feature films. Her/Their unique approach to finding and expressing reality is through innovative and experimental genres. With diverse backgrounds and experience in creation and growth, her/their works focus on queer, women, love and real life.

Director's Statement

Theater has special magic for me. It is constructed by imagination and full of gaze. All feelings in the theater will be amplified. A massage place always represents gender, class and power. People in these two places perform different plays, but the emotions and people under the play are more real and profound than in other places. The texture brought by film is separated from the current digital reality, and it is also the most original presentation of images. As the film emphasizes, “ideal self” and “true love” are primitive, direct and irreplaceable. In my conversations with my transgender friends, they often go through a stage after undergoing gender reassignment surgery where they ask themselves, “What kind of man should I be?” Hormone therapy makes their appearance more masculine, fulfilling a past goal. However, they are now faced with a new problem: “How do I reconcile with my own femininity?” This is also the part where Frank and Sinan have difficulty understanding each other. Even though we have different identities, the feelings of helplessness and sadness that arise from the conflict between self and love are universal. This film shows society’s concept of gender in love relationships.

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