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Eternal Summer 盛夏光年 2006



As a child living in a seaside town in southern Taiwan, studious Jonathan (Bryant Chang) was asked by his concerned teacher to look after rebellious classmate Shane (Joseph Chang).  What was once a good-natured obligation has since blossomed into a warm friendship, with Jonathan still on the academic track and Shane now finding his calling on the basketball court.








As a child, Shane (Joseph Chang) was an unruly elementary individual, who was rebellious and unpopular. While none of the other children would allow Shane to join their groups, Jonathan (Bryant Chang) went forward and befriended Shane. From that moment on, they became best friends.


While Shane considers Jonathon his best friend, Jonathon is coming to terms with growing affection for Shane which he keeps a secret. The story heats up with the addition of a new individual, Carrie (Kate Yeung) who enters their institute. She falls for Jonathon and tries to seduce him in a sleazy love hotel which ends up botched. She soon suspects Jonathon’s feelings for Shane.



At the same time, Shane begins to take an interest in Carrie and they start a relationship that they keep secret from Jonathon. Jonathon carries on struggling with his sexual identity crisis, while Shane tries to his best to understand Jonathon’s withdrawal. Jonathon becomes more confused after Shane beds him one night. Despite their efforts to keep their personal feelings secret, the three of them will finally have to clarify their intertwined relationship.



Notes:

There is an underlying poetic subtext based on the astrological significance in the character’s Chinese names:

  • Shane: (Chinese: 守恒; pinyin: shou heng) represents (Chinese: 恒星; pinyin: heng xing) star (the Sun).
  • Jonathan: (Chinese: 正行; pinyin: zheng xing) represents (Chinese: 行星; pinyin: xing xing) planet (the Earth).
  • Carrie: (Chinese: 慧嘉; pinyin: hui jia) represents (Chinese: 彗星; pinyin: hui xing) the Comet.

The Sun always shines.
The Earth follows its route surrounding the Sun, but cannot approach it.
The Comet brings surprise to the solar system.
The picture is incomplete without any one of them.



Information



Director: Leste Chen
Casts: Bryant Chang , Joseph Chang, Kate Yeung
Genre: Romance, institute
Release date(s) 13 October 2006 (Taiwan)
Language: Mandarin
Country: Taiwan

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  • jambro

    ‘totally love this film!

  • Ias

    My favourite. Seriously. I cried ;;

    The ending left me hanging so much

  • Stephen

    Best movie I’ve watched! Though the ending was sad. It was realistic overall! A must watch!

  • Ryan Labastida

    Guys,

    Good news… There is a copy of the movie eternal summer available in youtube… It has english subtitles… It was uploaded by yaoi….

    Have fun watching the fabulous movie…

    It moved me skin deep…

    Thank you…

    RY

  • http://3iksel.livejournal.com 3iksel

    MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE. :)

  • Hend

    where can I download that full movie?

  • Sammy

    My favorite Bl movie<3
    Why is American Bl movies suck! It doesn’t come close to Asian Bl at all!

  • Tom Nguyen

    This movie was sooooooo good. I get goosebumps thinking about it. I love the whole childhood friend then lovers story. Asian gay movies really dig deep into that and they can make a million more of them with hot actors such as Bryant and joseph Chang again and I will watch all of them! I love how Jonathon took care of him when Shane was young and 10 years later they are still inseparable. I love that Jonathon loved Shane so much and how he hid his feelings by avoiding him all the time and his little jealous row. Soooo cuteeeee. Bryant is an amazing actor and I love Joseph’s eccentric acting, you can tell he was a troublemaker >..< lol. So hotttttttttt *drools*

  • Tom Nguyen

    ‘You’re not just a friend to me, I really love you’ (Omg crying literally thinking about it! =’(. This was the best line in any movie I have ever heard of!!! Seriously such beautiful dialogue and how Bryant expressed this was just breathtaking… The deeper meaning too that Jonathon’s chinese name means Sun, which is a star that shines all the time and helps the Earth too, Shane’s chinese name which meant Earth which is what goes around the sun but never approaches it but it relies on the sun to sustain its life and Carrie’s chinese name which meant a comet which causes disruption to the solar system. In this case crashing into the earth!!! Bitch! lol. But I gotta admit her acting was very well done. I love Joseph and Bryant Chang so much! Put them in more movies together!!! =)

  • http://yes2asian.blogspot.com Dana

    Joseph and Bryant Chang are great in their performances! I remember I started liking Joseph after having watched this movie and then Keeping Watch. Just one thing I don’t get: why does Shane make love with Jonathan if he doesn’t like him in that way? (sorry for the spoiler)

  • http://blasianprincess.viviti.com/ krystal wilson

    i think Shane does love him that way too i think the last scene was purely to emphasize that Shane really cant do with out him period and u don't just do a really homo sexual act if ur not interested in the other . i was confused at first too but i watched it again and it seemed to me that he was fine that Johnathan loved him and it also seemed that way because of how Carrie carried on with them during the fight the whole time

  • http://blasianprincess.viviti.com/ krystal wilson

    download this movie english subbed on my veoh channel http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/sexy...

  • http://blasianprincess.viviti.com/ krystal wilson

    my absolute favorite Taiwanese movie EVER!

  • JUJU

    This is my favorite gay film to this day nothing can beat this!!! I love both Jon and Shane not just because of their hotness, but I think their wonderful actors. I wish there will be a sequel I love this movie too much <3

  • awldncrzyguy82

    This movie is excellent. It's touching, sweet, and somewhat tragic. I really enjoyed it.

    You can download it from VEOH.com

  • yi ge ren

    我真的喜欢这部电影, 拍得挺好.
    I really love this movie! All the actors are really great, Taiwan view is so beautiful and the soundtracks and music theme are just amazing (I even downloaded them later).
    Feichang ganxie for giving me so many emotions!

  • Rocketfire114

    Good Movie. I really enjoyed it!! Just enter the links here to download this movie:-

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    English subtitle:-
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