Love of May
A film by Hsu Hsiao-Ming
French release August 2 2006
Synopsis
Xuan is a 17-year-old Peking Opera student in Harbin (China) and a fan of the Chinese rock band "Mayday". She has a secret buried deep inside. Alei, 19, a typical youth of the E-generation, is in charge of maintaining the Mayday website. With an assumed identity (he pretends to be the band leader), he establishes an online friendship with Xuan. This relationship plunges him into an imaginary world he had never dreamed of before.
Cast
Alei : Chen Bo-Lin
Xuan : Liu Yifei
Zhao : Tian Feng
Xinzhong : Lu Der-Ming
Crew
Written by: Huang Chih-Hsian
Directed by: Hsu Hsiao-Ming
Director of photography: John Han
Artistic director: Hsia Shao-Yu
Edited by: Liao Ching-Song
Sound: Tu Duu-Chih
Music: May Day
Producers: Peggy Chiao, Han Sanping, Tian Zhuangzhuang
Line producers: Peggy Chiao, Yang Buting, Li Lingmin
Associate producer: Fabienne Vonier
Coordinating producers: Éric Lagesse, Laurent Champoussin
Production information
Produced by: PYRAMIDE PRODUCTIONS, ARC LIGHT FILMS
In co-production with: CHINA FILM GROUP / BEIJING TIME, UNITED CULTURE DEVELOPING CO. LTD
In association with: PUBLIC TELEVISION SERVICE FOUNDATION, EASTER TELEVISION / BEIJING DIGITAL IMPRESSION FILMS INC