Movie Title: Miao Miao (渺渺)Director: Hsiao-tse Cheng (程孝澤)
Stars: Yung-yung Chang (張榕容),
Wing Fan (范植偉),
Jia-yan Ke (柯佳嬿), 吳慷仁
How do you express your feelings to your crush? Do you ask a friend to be a mediator or do you bluntly tell them? Miao Miao is a movie about expressing feelings to the person you love and coming to terms with your sexuality.
Miao Miao (Jia-Yan Ke) is a foreign exchange student from Japan studying in Taiwan. Miao Miao meets Xiao Ai (Yung-Yung Chang) by running to her for aide while escaping a couple of male classmates from asking her out. The bakery Miao Miao was searching for is now a 2nd hand CD store and meets a melancholy CD store owner Chen Fei (Wing Fan). She becomes immediately intrigued by him and quickly develops a crush on Chen Fei. Being too shy to ask Chen Fei out she ask Xiao Ai to help her express her feelings for Chen Fei. Little did Miao Miao know Xiao Ai has feelings she want to express as well.
Chen Fei's story was too rushed and too short. Chen Fei was once a musician/producer who produced a demo for Jia Ying (吳慷仁). The lead singer Jia Ying is blunt about his feelings for Chen Fei and does not hesitate to let Chen Fei know. Chen Fei's life changed dramatically with a fatal motorcycle accident. He lost the person he could have possibly loved along with his dreams and aspiration of becoming a producer. Chen Fei takes us along for a ride to a road of recovery and finding closure for his past.
Wing Fan (范植偉) is probably best know for his breakout role in Crystal Boys (孽子), the first gay Taiwan television series to be broadcast on prime time. He won many gay boy's heart with the role in Crystal Boys. Wing Fan did a great job portraying an empty shell with nothing to live for with a pair of eyes with painful past. The casts are easy on the eyes and the story was moderately engaging. More of Wing Fan and 吳慷仁 may bring the appeal of the movie up couple of notches. The tragic ending of gay love is just becoming extremely snoozer and we sure can use a breath of fresh air.
