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| 同流合烏 | |
| Directed by | Scud |
| Written by | Scud |
| Produced by | Scud |
| Starring | Adonis He Fei Jackie Chow Ching-Man Chin Fiona Wang Jie Shui William Lo Jung Jen Pao Ben Fu Wai Bun Eric Cheng Gavin Philip Che Eric Cheng Flora Cheung William Tang He Wong Vinci Wong Yin-chi Wong |
| Cinematography | Nathan Wong |
| Edited by | Matthew Hui |
| Music by | Kawayama Ho |
Production company | ArtWalker Productions |
| Distributed by | Muse Planning (Japan) Breaking Glass Pictures (USA) |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Countries | Hong Kong, Taiwan, China |
| Languages | Mandarin Cantonese English Japanese |
Utopians is a 2015 film by the Hong Kong film-maker Scud, the production-crediting name of Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung. It is the story of a university student who becomes deeply attracted to his (male) professor, and whose life changes as a result.[1][2] The film received its world premiere on 31 October 2015 at the New Directors Film Festival in Japan. Utopians explores several themes traditionally regarded as 'taboo' in Hong Kong society and features full-frontal male nudity in several scenes. It is the sixth of seven publicly released films by Scud. The six other films are: City Without Baseball in 2008, Permanent Residence in 2009, Amphetamine in 2010, Love Actually... Sucks! in 2011, Voyage in 2013 and Thirty Years of Adonis (which features footage from Utopians[3]) in 2017. The eighth film, Apostles, was made in 2022, as was the ninth, Bodyshop, but neither have yet been released.[4] The tenth and final film, Naked Nations: Hong Kong Tribe, is currently in production.[4][5] Utopians includes a scene in which the main character, played by mainland China actor Adonis He Fei, is shown completely naked stroking his erect penis as he sighs with pleasure until he ejaculates in the uncut version of the film.[6]
- ^ Gareth Johnson (9 October 2017). "Utopians - an erotic coming-of-age story from Hong Kong". Mainly Men. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ "Utopians (Director's Cut)". Broadway Circuit (Cinema.com.hk). Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ "Interview: Scud talks Thirty Years of Adonis and More". FilmDoo. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ a b Lo Hoi-ying (20 September 2022). "'We need to be hopeful': Hong Kong queer director Scud, renowned for his sexually explicit art-house movies, on leaving filmmaking". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Gareth Johnson (11 January 2018). "Scud: "I'm reluctant to call Hong Kong home"". Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Pip Ellwood-Hughes (12 May 2017). "Utopians DVD review". Entertainment Focus. Retrieved 15 May 2018.