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The Map of Sex and Love: Synopsis

Hailed as "a rare film from Hong Kong, wise and profound" by the 2001 Hong Kong International Film Festival, The Map of Sex and Love explores history past and present, and love gay and straight through three interrelated stories - Rubber Band, Belgrade, and Nazi Gold. In Rubber Band, a gay dancer is advised to heal his perversity by snapping a rubber band against his wrist. In Belgrade, a girl has a traumatic revelation while travelling in Eastern Europe; and in Nazi Gold, a filmmaker has an eerie encounter with an aftermath of the Third Reich in Macau. A tongue-in-cheek look at Hong Kong's Disney as well as a homage to Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) by the late Jean-Dominique Bauby, Evans Chan's film maps the secrets of history and the human heart with a true cartographer's eyes. Bernardo Chow, Cherie Ho, and Victor Ma, who received a nomination for The Best Supporting Actor at the Taiwan Golden Horse Film Festival, give riveting performances.

VHS/DVD
Available from Water Bearer Films: www.waterbearerfilms.com/pages/454565/index.htm

BOOK
The Map of Sex and Love: Screenplay and Essays (bilingual edition), with essays by John Charles, William Cheung, Jeany Leung, Hector Rodriguez, Xu Xi, plus an interview with Evans Chan by Stefan Borsos, is available from Hong Kong's Youth Literary Press, c/o Lau Chi Wa (Email: lawchiwa@netvigator.com).

SOUNDTRACK CD
Featuring an original score (a Taiwan Golden Horse nominee) by Milos Raickovich, Portuguese/Macanese fados, art rock numbers by Peter Suart, and a Cantonese aria sung by Danny Tam Ka Cheung. The CD can be purchased by e-mail c/o Mo-yung Yuk Lin (Email: moyung@felixmarketing.com.hk). For further info, see soundtrack page.

FESTIVAL HISTORY: Moscow, Seattle, London Gay and Lesbian, Vancouver, Hong Kong, Jeonju (Korea), Cinemanila, Cinemaya (New Delhi), Singapore, Taiwan Golden Horse, and San Francisco Asian film festivals.

香港/美國 Hong Kong/USA 2001 彩色 Col 35mm 130mins
粵語及英語對白,中、英文字幕 In Cantonese & English with Chinese & English subtitles
編/導 Scr/Dir: 陳耀成 Evans Chan
攝影 Photo: 柯星沛 O Sing-pui
配樂 Mus: Milos Raickovich, Peter Suart
演員 Cast: 周文淇 Bernardo Chow, 何珮頤 Cherie Ho, 馬才和 Victor Ma

十年流徙,陳耀成為個人與香港追求定位的影像之旅再回歸到起點處──香港。影片的靈感來自他聽到的「三個秘密」,一是「橡皮圈」,同性戀男舞蹈員時常憶起少年時學校的輔導老師教他用橡皮圈治療性傾向;「貝爾格萊德」,一名少女在東歐旅遊時精神崩潰,鬱結久久難解;第三個是「納粹黃金」,有傳說謂葡萄牙人曾將當年納粹德國擄掠的猶太人黃金送入澳門熔掉。陳耀成對歷史與世界依然關懷,但前作《浮世戀曲》盼望外人的瞭解與《錯愛》裡飄流的不幸也像隨著香港渡過「九七」而換上新色相,此番格調處理得特別感性優美,三個秘密都以情愛或性慾連繫起來,藉以抒懷昇華。是陳耀成至今描寫情慾困境最為濃烈,也是思考歷史最具韻味妙想的電影。

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