Durian Durian

Durian Durian (2000)

榴槤飄飄

The first half of this film portrays the experiences of a young northern mainland Chinese woman (Fan) temporarily working as a sex worker in Hong Kong. After her 3-month visa expires, the second half of the film focuses on Yan's return to her family and her ex-fiancé in Northeast China and the ways that she invests the money that she has earned.

Date of release
2000-11-16
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (27)
Runtime
1h 56m
Genres
Drama
Director
Fruit Chan
Collection
Prostitute Trilogy

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film

Durian Durian is a 2000 Hong Kong film directed by Fruit Chan. The film portrays the experiences of a young girl, Fan, and her sex worker neighbour, Yan, in Hong Kong. The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 57th Venice International Film Festival.

Production

Fan was featured in Little Cheung, a film which also deals with poverty and life as an immigrant. This film also centres upon Portland Street in Kowloon.

Chan became interested in the topic of prostitution while filming Little Cheung in Kowloon, where he met and interviewed various prostitutes. While filming in mainland China, Chan found the public toilets to be terrible and very different. This served as inspiration for his next film Public Toilet (2002).

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