“Permanent Residence” Sean Li nominated at the 10th Chinese Film Media Awards
It’s the 10th anniversary of Chinese Film Media Awards! Coming Monday, Chinese Film Media Awards will officially announce the list of nominees together with details of their 10th anniversary celebrations and fringe activities. From an early sneak at the list of nominees, the judges seem to be very supportive of works from Hong Kong and Taiwan. From the categories of Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress, films from both Hong Kong and Taiwan took up 16 out of the 27 nominations. Films from mainland China took up only 40 percent of the nominations.
Sean Li started as a model, and was first spotted in the gay film director Scud’s “City Without Baseball,” in which he had a guest role as a bar waiter. “Permanent Residence” was his next work with Scud, and he was promoted to play as a gay male protagonist who is a devoted lover that has a curious interest with death. In the movie, Sean had a lot naked scenes, his delicate performances and lean physique attracted a lot of attention from fans and critics. A heterosexual in real life, Sean Li explained, “I feel that the character in the movie is someone that is very different from me, therefore I will only focus on playing the role well. My family and my girlfriend have only been very supportive.”
Here’s why we think Sean is being nominated: As a new actor, Sean Li has displayed his acute ability to command his performance and his mature interpretation of the character. His acting is balanced and not over dramatic. Although the role seems monotonous on the surface, the character needed him to dig in and express the complicated and ever changing emotions. All these are very demanding on a new actor but Sean had excelled.
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Movie Synopsis: If you love someone you are fated to never love, how much of your youth and energy are you willing to invest? Do you accept those sweet and tortured moments, even though it is very possible that you’d end up devastated? When a man developed a relationship that is even more intimate than a pair of lovers with another man, how close could their hearts be?
This is a story about a homosexual man who “talks about love” with a heterosexual man, and also a story about one’s loss. Ivan (by Sean Li), grew up believing that he will not live past 30 years old. He is obsessed with death and has been been seeking for the answer to the question “Where do we go after death?”. He got to know Windson (by Osman Hung), and the two developed a profound but very arduous love. This movie depicts Ivan’s past, present, and predicts his future.
