Night Scene

Directed by Zi'en Cui

A docudrama about male sex workers in Beijing, featuring interviews and reenactments that explore gay rights, class disparities, and the pursuit of romance.
Night Scene is an underground Chinese gay film with a rough, documentary-like quality and an interest in cruising, marginalisation and urban sexuality. Cui Zi’en’s confrontational style is far from polished, but its openness gives the film value as a record of gay life rarely shown in mainstream Chinese filmmaking.

Night Scene

Directed by Zi'en Cui

A docudrama about male sex workers in Beijing, featuring interviews and reenactments that explore gay rights, class disparities, and the pursuit of romance.

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Night Scene is an underground Chinese gay film with a rough, documentary-like quality and an interest in cruising, marginalisation and urban sexuality. Cui Zi’en’s confrontational style is far from polished, but its openness gives the film value as a record of gay life rarely shown in mainstream Chinese filmmaking.