Permanent Residence

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Movie: Permanent Residence
Chinese: 永久居留
Director: Scud
Writer: Scud
Producer: Scud
Cinematographer: Herman Yau
Release Date: April 23, 2009
Runtime: 115 min.
Language: Cantonese
Country: Hong Kong

Plot

Ivan (Sean Li) is an IT professional who works hard and has no time for dating. The young man is forced to come face-to-face with his sexuality when Josh (Jackie Chow) from Israel asks if he is gay during a television talk show in which the two are guest speakers and a life-long friendship begins.

After entering the gay world, Ivan meets Windson (Osman Hung), who professes to be straight. A curious friendship blossoms between the two involving many episodes of nude wrestling, swimming, embracing and sharing a bed. Though apparently attracted to the free-spirited Ivan, Windson insists on limiting their relationship to nothing more than kisses and fondling.

When Windson announces he plans to wed his long-time girlfriend, Ivan is devastated and sets off on a journey of discovery that takes him from Israel to Thailand to Australia and finally back to Hong Kong.

Director's Statement

Permanent Residence is the life story of a man who indulges in thoughts of after life and passionately falls in love with a straight guy.

People naturally speculate it is my biography. Not really but, I only shoot stories that I have faith in, and yet they are unusual, about improbable love and impossible life. Why bother to invent when there are ample of them yet to be made into a film?

The passion in this film is between men, but I’ve found the story more readily touches the hearts of women.

The film was shot in Israel, Japan, Australia, Thailand and mainland China, thanks to the beautiful camera work of Herman, a director who has shot over 100 films. However, the beauty of my films always rest with the actors. Sean said he would really fall in love with Osman and win his heart if necessary, and I reckon their performance should win the hearts of many audiences, men or women, gay or straight.

Permanent Residence is for those of you who believe love can survive life. -- Scud