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Ci Qing (Spider Lillies)

http://spiderlilies-movie.com/

 Since this movie apparenlty doesn't have a forum yet, I'll start it ;-). As it was mentioned in Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever, this is an up and coming movie that's so hot right now. Yesterday, it won the best film in the Berlinale festival, and the actresses are absolutely gorgeous.

 Merrr I can't waitt.


msgulp's picture

just to clarify...

it won a teddy, which is for best gay themed feature film.

"hi i'm your daughter, i can regrow my kidneys " - claire bennet, heroes

wildeny's picture

Thanks for

sharing this. But I can't find the trailer. :(
losgatos805's picture

Ci Qing

http://www.wretch.cc/blog/spiderlily

It's the blog of the film, Ci Qing(means tattoo in Chinese actually.) The website is in traditional Chinese characters. The trailer will be released on Feb. 24 according to it. BTW, the director is a lesbian, too.

losgatos805's picture

Ci Qing

DancingInDaRain's picture

Isabella Leung is Wicked

Isabella Leung is Wicked hotttttttttttttttttttttttt

god i'm drooling just looking at her picture

bbkf101's picture

finally Rainie stops with the try-hard cuteness

well, at least i'm hoping so. i just checked out the official blog thingie of the movie and no, she's still cutesy cutesy in the photos. btw, i don't read Chinese, don't know how to navigate thru the sites (links above)! :-( help?

http://bbkf101.tk

shane86ster's picture

album on the official blog of the movie

well,i'm not really that fond of Rainie Yang,but a loooot of Chinese lez quite adore Leuang(梁洛施)....

http://www.wretch.cc/album/spiderlily

that's the album ,i suppose that blog is not attractive expect for the album...you could download the wallpaper there...

bbkf101's picture

clip on youtube

DancingInDaRain's picture

Ranie and Isabella

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1JMxWoqRV7Y&mode=related&search=

I have no idea what they are saying but is it just me or Isabella like to rub Rainie's shoulder a but much ^_^

I so want to see this movie >_<

bbkf101's picture

Yeah! whats up with the shoulder rubbing??

I reckon it's cuz Rainie is so tiny like a doll, Isabelle couldn't help herself.

The interviewer asked Rainie how she felt, Rainie said she felt good cuz she had 9 hours of sleep and also added "Seeing Isabelle makes me feel a whole lot better too!".. lol so gay.. that's as far as my Cantonese goes.

losgatos805's picture

Ci Qing

Yang also says that she knows Isabella likes beautiful bras. And because she's wearing ugly bras, they're not going to "do that thing" today.

Actually I find Yang quite annoying. She's like the Taiwanese idol for elementary and high school students. Artificially cute...

Leung is gorgeous anyway. Her Chinese name 洛施 is quite special. I think it may originate from two famous beauties in Chinese history, Luoshen(洛神/甄宓) and Xishi(西施.) Just a guess. LOL

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Awww that is so cutee!!!!!

Awww that is so cutee!!!!! It amaze me that Isabella is 17 O_o Very tall girl!!!! SOooooo pretty thoughh. Ranie is adorable. I'm just gonna have a little fantasy in my head until I see the movie, hehehe.
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Gotta agree with losgatos805

Gotta agree with losgatos805 on Rainie Yang, I'm not into her, but my 4yo nephew and 9yo niece are huge fans!! lol. And I duno Isabella, is she from HK? I really should start watching Chinese films to keep the little Cantonese I know.
msgulp's picture

yup

she's a newcomer. the movie that made her famous is called isabella, yeah, her name.

"hi i'm your daughter, i can regrow my kidneys " - claire bennet, heroes

bbkf101's picture

thanx, mate.

wow, interesting. i'll ask my mom, she might know (she has TVB in her room. lol.)

Btw, I love Ugly Betty too!!

msgulp's picture

oh lord she's 18

boy do i feel like a pedophile right now... this is isabella, also stars chapman to.

"hi i'm your daughter, i can regrow my kidneys " - claire bennet, heroes

msgulp's picture

is this one posted yet?

interview with the girls here, very short.

"hi i'm your daughter, i can regrow my kidneys " - claire bennet, heroes

losgatos805's picture

Trailer of Ci Qing

DancingInDaRain's picture

I dun really like Rainie

I dun really like Rainie either. I'm drooling buckets for Isabella. That girl is *dizzy* >_<

It funny how Isabella is younger than Rainie and she look more like the protector. I can't see the trailer aiyaaaaa

losgatos805's picture

Trailer

It seems you can only see it on IE. At least it doesn't work on Firefox.
DancingInDaRain's picture

Ok thanks I can see it

Ok thanks I can see it now!Cant waittttt!

You have a cute cat losgatos, I remember I use to have a cat like that.

nefastus07's picture

oh isabelle leung. i'm

oh isabelle leung. i'm surprised to see her play a lez character. i normally see her in music videos and i think she was in "i love boy'z" it's a short serie with the group boy'z (kenny and steven). oh can't wait to watch this.

ps. from what i can rememer isabelle is pretty young like 18 or so...but wow she looks really good in the clip with her hair up.

bbkf101's picture

le kiss

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UhKWIxwp8Vs

get to see the kiss near the end of the clip.

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I Love Rainie and Isabella!

Oh My God I can't even wait till this movie comes to my stupid conservative country. I'm flying to Taipei to watch it!! It's gonna be in the cinemas over there starting from 30th March!!

I can't wait! I like BOTH Rainie and Isabella! They're soooo cute together!! Goshhh.... I'm gonna die~~~~

Joelle's picture

5 minute trailer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1E33Au8OPs

Here's the FIVE minute trailer of "Spider Lilies"!!
I can't wait to watch it~~~~  ten more days~~~!!

nefastus07's picture

yea i watched the videos a

yea i watched the videos a couple of days ago and it's awesome. there's also three videos about 20 mins long with the cast and director being interviewed.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DuCQU6ls6wk

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3eQlqhRHAMw

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EHXudwRbYfg

really can't wait till it comes out, but i'm still not sure how i will be watching this since i'm no where near ASIA. maybe i'll just have to wait a bit longer till it comes out on dvd. man the anticipation is killing me.

 

musicbuff1025's picture

Info

I just read some info on the movie on another forum.

Here is the link:

http://asianfanatics.net/forum/A_sassy_melodrama_on_lesbian_love-talk384156.html

Edit: Or go directly to here:

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2007/03/30/2003354608

Umm...Hope I can do that.

Joelle's picture

Rainie is sooo cute!

Gosh~~~ I watched the movie 5 times in Taipei!! I love Rainie to death now!! She's so cool and she acted really well.
Rainie and Isabella are just tooo compatible my god.

Now I'll have to wait till it comes over to Singapore to watch it again. And then, wait for DVD. :D

losgatos805's picture

WOW

Five times! You're really a fan!!

I haven't watched it yet. I went to see the Vagina Monologues in Taipei the day the film was released.

greenfunk's picture

DVD!!!

When does the dvd come out in SG? I really wanted to catch it in the cinemas. but it's like, R21. even isabella isnt 21! Why couldnt they give a lighter rating. like nc-16. Did you catch it in SG?:D

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Ci Qing (Spider Lillies) At 19th Paris International Lesbian & F

 Spider Lillies will screen at 19th Paris International Lesbian & Feminist Film Festival  !. Rendez vous the October  31th - 4 November at Paris with more 5000 womens ! imbelievable !http://www.cineffable.fr
DancingInDaRain's picture

mannnn, all you lucky

mannnn, all you lucky people. I cant see it until...I dun even know how long *cry*

but i found this funny picture of them http://lady.qq.com/a/20070406/000060.htm

the angle of the shot look like rainie is getting choke lol:

Isabella: U smell nice. I wish to hold you gently.

Rainie: Um...ur kinda choking me, but it ok go on. I like it like thizz.

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new clip

i found this link from another forum... the movie is doing really well, so the director had a special screening and showed an unedited version of the kiss

*warning* very hot!!

http://bb.tom.com/2007-04-18/073S/04773180.html

enjoy =)

campbellsj's picture

Yay New Clip!

Dayummmmmmmmmmm.

*fans*

:-)

nefastus07's picture

wow that was hot! hehe even

wow that was hot! hehe even the guys kissed. i sooo want to see this movie but i can't watch it till it comes out on dvd.
nefastus07's picture

wow that was hot! hehe even

oops posted twice.
DancingInDaRain's picture

O_o

Yikes, hotness overload ~faint~
bbkf101's picture

disappointed... :-(

saw the film, the story = too confusing, the acting = not so good (ref: Isabella, sorry.). my 2cents, dont hate!
losgatos805's picture

CiQing

The reviews aren't really good in Taiwan, either.

I haven't seen it yet.

Since Rainie Yang is in the film, I just don't want to see it. LOL

 

bbkf101's picture

believe it or not, Rainie

believe it or not, Rainie isn't that bad in the film.

i mean, when it comes to 'convincing acting' then she beats Isabella, hands down.

nyankobrulee's picture

I agree. The story was too

I agree. The story was too convoluted. So many things going at once, and not enough character development.

Plus the version I watched wasn't the director's cut, so I got gipped of the hot scene. terrible...

nyankobrulee's picture

Subtitled Trailer with Highlights on Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwIfuOMRS1Q

For all the non-Taiwanese speakers like me... Damn, this movie looks hot

losgatos805's picture

Ci Qing

That's actually Mandarin Chinese.

I'm Taiwanese, but I can hardly speak Taiwanese.

nyankobrulee's picture

There actually is a bit of

There actually is a bit of Taiwanese dialect in the movie. I only know this because the fan-subtitler couldn't translate the Taiwanese bits (nor the bits of Japanese for that matter, hehe).

Anyway, I'm staying out of the politics between Taiwan and China! Sorry if I offended anyone

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No no no...you didn't offend

No no no...you didn't offend anyone...I was simply saying that the film is mostly in Mandarin.

It has nothing to do with the politics. Mandarin is the official language of both Taiwan and China. Taiwanese is one of the dialects of the big Chinese language family and about 70% of Taiwanese can speak both languages more or less.

Keres's picture

Woohoo...

I don't know whether to post this in International or here, but outtakes 2007 is showing Ci Qing here in New Zealand. :) So excited..

Anyway, I went to check out that site http://www.wretch.cc/album/spiderlily that some posters have posted. I was wondering if anyone can help me out with who sings the background song to the site - 小茉莉 - I've downloaded a version by - 林禹辰 - but the voice sounds different from the one on that site, so anyone know who sings that version? - I'm assuming the version I got is different...

(:

sounder_22's picture

Rainie Yang sings the song.

Rainie Yang sings the song called "Little Jasmine".
Keres's picture

:)

Oh yup, thats the version I was looking for. Thanks so much!
sounder_22's picture

Rainie's version is not on

Rainie's version is not on the soundtrack, very strange, it was hard to find her version, but i did.
Keres's picture

Indeed it is strange... Out

Indeed it is strange... Out of the 3 versions I've listened to, I prefer her tone to the song. Although I could be biased, since thats the first version I listened to, repetitively as well. 

I haven't been so excited about a movie since Loving Annabelle. Lesbian love story, in mandarin as well. *sighs*


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