The Chronicles of Libidoists
Genre
DRAMA
Release Date
26 Sep 2024 (Thu)
Category
III (HK), D(Macau)
Running Time
105 Minutes
Language
Putonghua, English (In Parts), Taiwanese (In Parts
Subtitle
Chinese and English
Director
YANG Ya-Che
Cast
WU Kang-Ren, LIU Chu-Ping, Alisia LIANG, Will OR
Synopsis
From the acclaimed director Yang Ya-che (Blue Gate Crossing; Girlfriend, Boyfriend) comes a cinematic exploration of love and longing in the neon-soaked streets of Taipei. This is a tale of four souls, each lost in their quest for sexual fulfillment, yet bound by a common yearning for something purer, something that might resemble love. Meet Lu (LIU Chu-Ping), a trans female haunted by an incomplete sense of womanhood, chasing the elusive high of a transformative ecstasy. Her best friend, Queenie (Alisia LIANG), is a wealthy heiress entangled in an arranged engagement to a gay man, seeking solace in the intricate ties of kinbaku. Their lives intersect with a heartbroken dom (Will OR) from Hong Kong, adrift in the city and nursing a lost love, and Single Pa (portrayed by Golden Horse Best Actor Wu Kang-Ren), a culinary enthusiast and former romance writer, struggling to mend the fractures in his family life.
From the acclaimed director Yang Ya-che (Blue Gate Crossing; Girlfriend, Boyfriend) comes a cinematic exploration of love and longing in the neon-soaked streets of Taipei. This is a tale of four souls, each lost in their quest for sexual fulfillment, yet bound by a common yearning for something purer, something that might resemble love. Meet Lu (LIU Chu-Ping), a trans female haunted by an incomplete sense of womanhood, chasing the elusive high of a transformative ecstasy. Her best friend, Queenie (Alisia LIANG), is a wealthy heiress entangled in an arranged engagement to a gay man, seeking solace in the intricate ties of kinbaku. Their lives intersect with a heartbroken dom (Will OR) from Hong Kong, adrift in the city and nursing a lost love, and Single Pa (portrayed by Golden Horse Best Actor Wu Kang-Ren), a culinary enthusiast and former romance writer, struggling to mend the fractures in his family life.
