Lost Love (Mandarin)

These days romantic films could be a hit or a mess. This film tat I just saw had just the right amount of romance. It was not cheesy, mushy, over the top and overall it felt to me that it was a very mature love story. The confrontations and issues were treated with respect and result with maturity.

The film starts with the Malaysian flight going off radar and Yu Hao comes to the airport looking for is boyfriend. The film then goes to flashback. Yu Hao moved to Beijing from a small town. He starts looking for a job and in the process meets Wang Feng who is a painter by profession and paints nude male models. When Yu Hao meets Wang Feng looking for a job he is initially not sure but eventually give in to become a model for Wang Feng. Before you realize the two men fall deeply in love with each other and Yu Hao moves in with Wang Feng. When the duo meet Wang Feng' mother she suspects that something is wrong and confronts her son. Wang Feng gives in to his mothers pressure to marry a girl and decides to break up with Yu Hao. Yu Hao is heart broken but he understands Wang Feng situation and decides to move out of his life. Wang Feng' fiancé knows about his past and is willing to forget it but we soon see that it is not easy for either of the two to forget their love. Eventually the girls decides to let Wang Feng' go wit his first love, and the two men reunite. Wang Feng decides he will eventually make is mother come around. One day he leaves for a trip to Malaysia and then the incident happens. Yu Hao is walking lonely and suddenly sees Wang Feng. Is tat real or a mirage that's in Yu Hao's mind is for you to interpret.

The romance shown in this film is simply beautiful. When you read the title you can imagine how the film will end. It's definitely not going to be a happy ending. In fact the opening sequence gives you an idea. But what makes this film very unique and different is the beautiful romance between the two men. It is never over the top, it is never overly affectionate; in fact it is real all the time. As an audience you connect with the characters and their chemistry quite a bit. You feel their love. I don't know how this was achieved but you get a deep sense of love between the two. They give each other equal love, respect and distance. Yes, the mother's arrival makes everything tricky for the duo and they both sacrifice but can't forget their love. The two actors have done a fantastic job of portraying their roles. Story wise this film does not offer anything drastically knew that we have not seen before but it's the chemistry between the leads that stays on with you till the end. At just about 70 minutes of running time, it was an easy pleasant watch.

We don't get to watch too many good romantic movies these days. This was simple, sweet and something that we as an audience will definitely connect to. Wo are we to judge if love between two men is not natural. (7/10)

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