“To survive, they’ve had to ignore who they are,” says director Ray Yeung about the older gay men of Hong Kong, the subject of his latest film,For a long time, the future was inconceivable for gay men. Even before the Aids pandemic, social stigma led to the pathologisation and criminalisation of the global community. Gay men lived in the shadows of society, maintaining their veneer of heteronormative stability by marrying straight women at great cost to themselves and their families.
Nevertheless, Pak and Hoi fall into a clandestine, risky love affair. Intimate moments of caring and kindness are thoughtfully directed as the two men go on dates, strolling through wet markets and seeking refuge in a gay sauna. “I wanted to show that two old bodies are still attractive,” says Yeung, talking about the first time the two men sleep together.
Yeung looks beyond his main characters to include the perspectives of other older gay men in the community. Dior , a sharp-tongued fashionista, dabbles in drag and social justice in the film. Like his character, Wai-Keung is a real-life advocate for the creation of LGBTQ+ nursing homes. In the movie, he reenacts his appearance at Hong Kong’s legislative council, pleading to allow gay elders to “live out [their] twilight years with dignity and freedom”.
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