Floating Melon (2015)

• 69%
• 2015
• Drama
• Mystery
• Roberto F. Canuto
• Xiaoxi Xu
• Vincent Chen Xi
• Celia Yinmeng Yu
• Sirui Wen

For the young Xiao Cheng (Vincent Chen Xi), what suppose to be a perfect night become a nightmare. His lover, Kwan Ming (Xu Xu) die after a lethal drug reaction. In the dark roads of Chengdu, Xiao Cheng, scared of the consequences, send a message asking for help to his friend Fiona (Wen Sirui). She comes with her girlfriend Lola (Celia Yu Yunmeng), that doesn't want to get involve with the problem. The first one finds a solution to hide the body, but when they return to the apartment, they found the unexpected. But, what really happen? The film "Floating Melon" is a fiction film, but inspired by characters that are present in the Chinese contemporary society. It reflects, with a realistic perspective in stylistic and narrative terms, the story of a young guy that cannot react in a situation that is beyond his imaginations. He needs to take a decision that risk his future for the consequences of the strict rules of the society and surrounded by the confusion present on some of members of the young gay Chinese community, with no moral referents apart from the official doctrine.