Blue Gate Crossing (Lan se da men) (2003)

83% of critics liked it
(12 reviews)
86% of users liked it
(4,150 ratings)

Taiwanese filmmaker Yee Chih-yen follows up his debut Lonely Hearts Club with the romantic drama Lanse Da Men (Blue Gate Crossing). Best friends Meng Ke-rou (Guey Lun-mei) and Lin Yueh-chen (Liang Shu-hui) are 17-year-old high school girls. When Yueh-chen admits she likes the boy swimming champ… More Taiwanese filmmaker Yee Chih-yen follows up his debut Lonely Hearts Club with the romantic drama Lanse Da Men (Blue Gate Crossing). Best friends Meng Ke-rou (Guey Lun-mei) and Lin Yueh-chen (Liang Shu-hui) are 17-year-old high school girls. When Yueh-chen admits she likes the boy swimming champ Chang Shih-hao (Chen Bo-lin), she talks Ke-rou into talking to him for her. But Shih-hao ends up liking Ke-rou instead, and the rest of the film develops their sweet friendship and adolescent romance. The only problem is that Ke-rou thinks she might be a lesbian because she's in love with her best friend Yueh-chen. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 22 min.
Directed By: Chin-yen Yee
Genres: Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

In Theaters: Jun 14, 2003 Wide
On DVD: Feb 24, 2004
Studio: Strand Releasing

Critic Reviews

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Blue Gate Crossing is 85 minutes of wistful gloom.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Gentle and reflective, Blue Gate Crossing ultimately doesn't make a terribly strong impact, but it does impress with its well-composed visual style and sensitive handling of bittersweet emotion.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
A lovely little coming-of-age story.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Enchanting.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Little more than a vignette elongated into a feature-length movie. Moody and slow moving, it depends on the truthfulness of its performances to carry it.
Dennis Lim, Village Voice
Opening and closing mid-reverie, the film practically evaporates before your eyes and its weightlessness is surprisingly potent.
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul), St. Paul Pioneer Press
A wise, perceptive marvel: a gentle fable about an especially cruel time of life.
George Wu, culturevulture.net
Yee shows inventive skill at telling the story visually.
David Noh, Film Journal International
A sweet, summery movie.
Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Slight but affecting.
, E! Online
One of the best foreign films of this year.

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Cast

Bo-lin Chen
as Chang Shih-hao
Lun-Mei Guey
as Meng Ke-rou
Shu-hui Liang
as Lin Yueh-chen

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