#Author: Hui Nan Que

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Master List of DM & BL Read/Watched

DM

Priest

七爷 (Lord Seventh)

天涯客 (Faraway Wanderers)

镇魂 (Guardian)

杀破狼 (Sha Po Lang)

过门 (Through the Strait Gates) 😢

默读 (Modu)

残次品 (Can Ci Pin)

Meatbun

二哈和他的白猫师尊 (2HA) 🥹

余污 (Remnants of Filth) 😭

MXTX

人渣反派自救系统 (SVSSS) 😂

魔道祖师 (MDZS) 😡

天官赐福 (TGCF)

Gu Xue Rou

乱世为王 (To Rule In A Turbulent World)

Cang Wu Bin Bai

黄金台 (Golden Stage)

Yi Shi Si Zhou

小蘑菇 (Little Mushroom)

Yang Su

督主有病 (The Governor’s Illness) 😢

Hui Nan Que

飞鸥不下 (Flying Gulls Never Land)

Qiao You

偏执受想开了【重生】 (The Obsessive Shou Moves On)

Zhi Chu

可爱过敏原 (Lovely Allergen)

Hei Dan Bai

飞鸽交友须谨慎 (You’ve Got Mail: A Cautionary Tale) - read before the author’s anti views came to light

BL

Chinese / Taiwanese

镇魂 (Guardian)

陈情令 (The Untamed)

山河令 (Word of Honour)

Plus and Minus

Kiseki: Dear To Me

Thai

2Moons

Tonhon Chonlatee

Bed Friend

The Middleman’s Love

Kinnporsche The Series (so toxic but so good)

Japanese

30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii

Kieta Hatsukoi

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"Yesterday was like Death"/昨日如死 by Hui Nan Que/回南雀

"Who the fuck has it easy? I was living a pretty good life. If it weren't for your amnesia, if it weren't for your amnesia ...." We would have gotten together already. “谁他妈容易？我本来也过得好好的，要不是你失忆，要不是你失忆……” 我们就在一起了。

Synopsis

Star actor Xi Zonghe loses his memory of the last five years after a car accident. During that time, he has broken up with the love of his life, superstar actor Jiang Mu, and is now partnered with relatively unremarkable B-list actor Gu Tang. His manager and friends all tell him Jiang Mu is a cheating scumbag who broke his heart and left him at his most vulnerable, while Gu Tang is the one who stayed by his side and helped him through rehab after an accident that nearly left him paralyzed. However, he just can't believe them or ignore his feelings for Jiang Mu, and tries to get into Jiang Mu's next film, even if it means taking this much needed career opportunity from Gu Tang ....

But the protagonist of the story is actually Gu Tang, who came from a poor family with a mother who died young, a deadbeat father with a gambling addiction, and a brilliant, idealistic younger sister he desperately wants to protect. He dropped out of high school and worked as a host at questionable nightclubs, selling his body along with the expensive alcohol to support his sister through college and graduate school. After entering the entertainment business in a stroke of good luck, he accidentally witnesses Xi Zonghe and Jiang Mu's nasty breakup, and approaches Xi Zonghe with a daring proposition: If Xi Zonghe pays off his family's debts, he'll do whatever Xi Zonghe wants.

With Xi Zonghe's memories missing, Gu Tang becomes the only one who knows the truth: that their fairy tale romance is only a sham fueled by his greed and Xi Zonghe's vanity. He can't let Xi Zonghe get back together with Jiang Mu, because he wants to renew their contract and keep getting paid by Xi Zonghe. The money is all that really matters to him .... isn't it?

What I Like about the story

Very effective use of first person POV! I'm really surprised by how well the author pulled this off "show not tell" even in first person POV. We are shown, gradually and naturally, that Gu Tang is not a reliable narrator and his feelings are different from his words. A lot of "imperfect" relationship or character moments, like white lies, petty thoughts, even harsh words in a heated moment, feel more organic and sympathetic from inside the character's POV, and it's quite funny to see Gu Tang ripping into Xi Zonghe's diva behavior in his internal monologue.

Flawed characters. Gu Tang can be a little manipulative; he knows how to push Xi Zonghe's buttons to get what he wants and isn't afraid to do it. Meanwhile, Xi Zonghe is a real condescending jerk at times, and there is really no excuse for how callously he treats Gu Tang after his amnesia. And he never has to make amends for that because 1) Gu Tang lied to him during that time as well and 2) that's not "the real him" because his memories were missing.

Genuinely messy relationships! The gong used to love someone else -- and while the ex is a scum, the depth and intensity of the gong's past feelings were genuine, and the shou reacts to it in a realistic way. Meanwhile the shou only got into this relationship for the money and lies to keep it going.

The work of making the relationship work. Gu Tang puts in saintly levels of patience in this relationship; he looks after XZH's leg injury meticulously while tolerating the latter's cold attitude and bad temper for years before it eases up. Xi Zonghe sees the better parts of Gu Tang beyond his "obsession" with money, and silently supports him and his career. They are not two perfect people who are made for each other, but people who learned to be good partners for each other. (And it helps that they are very compatible in bed.)

But on the other hand

The gong doesn't really "suffer" for his "poor" treatment of the shou during the amnesia phase. I don't necessarily feel like he needs to go on a crematorium chase, but I do wish they did more to address it. However, when you consider that

his first love is a cheating scumbag to who broke his heart

he got into a car accident that nearly paralyzed him

then he got into a second car accident that gave him amnesia

Maybe he has been unlucky enough and deserves a bit of a break, even if what he has dealt with doesn't hold a candle at all to what the shou went through.

I also didn't like some unnecessarily cruel plot points, like two villain characters ending up in sexually abusive circumstances as a part of their karma/"punishment", and a vaguely racist interlude in which a Chinese film crew gets kidnapped in Africa because it's a violent and lawless land 🙃

Overall

This story of love is interspersed with drama, heartache, pining, resentment, jealousy and so much doting affectionate indulgence of truly ridiculous demands because they are in love. There's plenty of twist and turns in the story that keeps the "dog blood" flowing. But at the end of the day, it's a tale of "mutual salvation" -- of two flawed and lost people who helped each other move onto the next, better part of their lives, together.

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Lista de filmes de la 72 edición del Festival de Cannes

París, 18 abr (EFE).- La 72 edición del Festival de Cannes se celebrará entre el 14 y el 25 de mayo y su delegado general, Thierry Frémaux, anunció hoy la programación oficial, a falta de algunos títulos. Estas son las películas que participarán: COMPETICIÓN OFICIAL: "The Dead don't die", de Jim Jarmusch (apertura). "Dolor y Gloria", de Pedro Almodóvar. "Il traditore", de Marco Bellochio. "Nan fang che zhan de ju hui" ("The wild goose lake"), de Diao Yinan. "Gisaengchung" ("Parasite"), de Bong Joon Ho. "Le jeune ahmed" ("Young ahmed"), de Jean-Pierre y Luc Dardenne. "Roubaix, une lumière", de Arnaud Desplechin. "Atlantique", de Mati Diop. "Matthias et maxime", de Xavier Dolan. "Little joe", de Jessica Hausner. "Sorry we missed you", de Ken Loach. "Les misérables", de Ladj Ly. "A hidden life", de Terrence Malick. "Bacurau", de Kleber Mendonça Filho y Juliano Dornelles. "La Gomera", de Corneliu Porumboiu. "Frankie", de Ira Sachs. "Portrait de la jeune fille en feu", de Céline Sciamma. "It must be heaven", de Elia Suleiman. "Sibyl", de Justine Triet. FUERA DE COMPETICIÓN: "Les plus belles années d'une vie", de Claude Lelouch. "Rocketman", de Dexter Fletcher. "Too old to die young - north of hollywood, west of hell", de Nicolas Winding Refn. "Diego Maradona", de Asif Kapadia. "La belle époque", de Nicolas Bedos. SESIONES DE MEDIANOCHE: "The gangster, the cop, the devil", de Lee Won-Tae. SESIONES ESPECIALES: "For sama", de Waad al Kateab y Edward Watts. "Family romance, llc", de Werner Herzog. "Tommaso", de Abel Ferrara. "Share", de Pippa Bianco. "Être vivant et le savoir", de Alain Cavalier. "Que sea ley", de Juan Solanas. UNA CIERTA MIRADA: "Vida invisivel", de Karim Aïnouz. "Dylda" ("Beanpole"), de Kantemir balagov. "Les hirondelles de kaboul", de Zabou Breitman y Eléa Gobé Mévellec. "La femme de mon frère", de Monia Chokri. "The climb", de Michael Covino. "Jeanne", de Bruno Dumont. "O que arde", de Oliver Laxe. "Chambre 212", de Christophe Honoré. "Port authority", de Danielle Lessovitz. "Papicha", de Mounia Meddour. "Adam", de Maryam Touzani. "Zhuo ren mi mi", de Mmidi Z. "Liberté", de Albert Serra. "Bull", de Annie Silverstein. "Liu yu tian" ("Summer of changsha"), de Zu Feng. "Evge", de Nariman Aliev. EFE

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Cannes 2019: il programma con Malick, Almodóvar e 13 registe donne

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Cannes 2019: il programma con Malick, Almodóvar e 13 registe donne

Cannes 2019: il programma con Malick, Almodóvar e 13 registe donne

Cannes 2019: il programma con Malick, Almodóvar e 13 registe donne

IN occasione della conferenza stampa di presentazione del Festival di Cannes 2019, è stato annunciato il programma completo della 72° edizione, che ha visto confermati i nomi di prestigio che erano già stati ipotizzati in un articolo di Variety di qualche giorno fa.

Nella selezione ufficiale, ben 13 film sono stati diretti da donne, e quattro di questi concorrono per la Palma d’Oro. Si tratta del numero più alto dal 2011 a oggi. Sonos tati confermati Pedro Almodóvar, Terrence Malick e Ira Sachs, ma la selezione appare ricca di titoli interessanti.

Ecco di seguito il programma di Cannes 2019

Apertura

“The Dead Don’t Die” (Jim Jarmusch) — in concorso

Concorso

“Atlantique” (Mati Diop)

“Bacarau” (Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles)

“Frankie” (Ira Sachs)

“A Hidden Life” (Terrence Malick)

“It Must Be Heaven” (Elia Suleiman)

“Les Misérables” (Ladj Ly)

“Little Joe” (Jessica Hausner)

“Matthias and Maxime” (Xavier Dolan)

“Oh Mercy!” (Arnaud Desplechin)

“Parasite” OR “Gisaengchung” (Bong Joon Ho)

“Portrait of the Young Girl on Fire” OR “Portrait de la jeune fille en feu” (Céline Sciamma)

“Sibyl” (Justine Triet)

“Sorry We Missed You” (Ken Loach)

“Pain and Glory” OR “Dolor y Gloria” (Pedro Almodóvar)

“The Traitor” OR “Il Traditore” (Marco Bellocchio)

“The Whistlers” OR “La Gomera” (Corneliu Porumboiu)

“The Wild Goose Lake” OR “Nan Fang Che Zhan De Ju Hui” (Diao Yinan)

“The Young Ahmed” (Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne)

Un Certain Regard

“Adam” (Maryam Touzani)

“Beanpole” OR “Dylda” (Kantemir Balagov)

“A Brother’s Love” (Monia Chokri)

“Bull” (Annie Silverstein)

“The Climb” (Michael Covino)

“Evge” (Nariman Aliev)

“Freedom” OR “Liberté” (Albert Serra)

“Invisible Life” OR “Vida Invisivel” (Karim Aïnouz)

“Joan of Arc” OR “Jeanne” (Bruno Dumont)

“Chambre 212” OR “Room 212” (Christophe Honoré)

“Papicha” (Mounia Meddour)

“Port Authority” (Danielle Lessovitz)

“Summer of Changsha” OR “Liu Yu Tian” (Zu Feng)

“The Swallows of Kabul” (Zabou Breitman & Eléa Gobé Mévellec)

“A Sun That Never Sets” OR “O Que Arde” (Olivier Laxe)

“Zhuo Ren Mi Mi” (Midi Z)

Fuori Concorso

“The Best Years of a Life” (Claude Lelouch)

“Diego Maradona” (Asif Kapadia)

“La Belle Époque” (Nicolas Bedos)

“Rocketman” (Dexter Fletcher)

“Too Old to Die Young – North of Hollywood, West of Hell” (Nicolas Winding Refn)

Proiezioni di mezzanotte

“The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil” (Lee Won-Tae)

Proiezioni speciali

“Être vivant et le savoir” (Alain Cavalier)

“Family Romance, LLC.” (Werner Herzog)

“For Sama” (Waad Al Kateab, Edward Watts)

“Share” (Pippa Bianco)

“Tommaso” (Abel Ferrara)

Il Festival di Cannes 2019 inaugurerà la sua 72° edizione il 14 maggio, fino al 25 dello stesso mese. La giuria per la Palma d’Oro sarà presieduta da Alejandro G. Inarritu.

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Cannes 2019: il programma con Malick, Almodóvar e 13 registe donne

IN occasione della conferenza stampa di presentazione del Festival di Cannes 2019, è stato annunciato il programma completo della 72° edizione, che ha visto confermati i nomi di prestigio che erano già stati ipotizzati in un articolo di Variety di qualche giorno fa. Nella selezione ufficiale, ben 13 film sono stati diretti da donne, e […]

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