Looking for Rohmer
5.1
“When the quest for truth becomes an inner journey.”
The first homosexual love story themed movie to receive approval for theatrical release in China. The film follows the initial meeting of, and the subsequent secret relationship between Zhao Jie and Rohmer. They decide to travel to Tibet together. During their travels they are involved in an incident which leads to the death of a child. Although they are not responsible, they feel a lot of guilt. They quarrel about it and end up going separate ways. Later Zhao Jie learns that Rohmer has been in an accident on a glacier and, torn with remorse for not having helped him enough after the earlier incident, Zhao Jie goes to find him.
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Cast
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Jérémie Elkaïm
Rohmer
Known for
Declaration of War
Our Happy Holiday
Han Geng
Zhao Jie
Known for
Dynasty Warriors
The Ex-File 3: The Return of the Exes
Alice de Lencquesaing
Rohmer's fiancée
Known for
Inhuman Resources
Chocolat
Hélène Vincent
Rohmer's mother
Known for
Three Colors: Blue
The Specials
Renaud Cohen
Also in
Les Chinois et moi
Au cas où je n'aurais pas la palme d'or
Thomas Fiquet
Foreign Man
Known for
Gone with the Bullets
Deng Ziyi
Also in
No. 32, B District
The Stolen Years
Wang Chao Director · Caroline Champetier Cinematographer Jiangsong Dong Cinematographer
Budget $8M · First release April 13, 2018 · Produced in China, France
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Budget
$8,000,000
Production
Reboot Films
Production
China · France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Chinese · French · Tibetan
Release dates
China · April 13, 2018
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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