Good Lord, I love a good lesbian audience. While the boys were seeing Before I Forget (Jacques Nolot, 2007), I snuck in with the ladies to see Drifting Flowers (Zero Chou, 2007), and good thing, too! Three inter-generational story lines are built around a core of characters living in Taiwan. From the precocious May to her blind lounge singer mommy and her ‘drogy lover Diego, the characters in Drifting Flowers are memorable and sympathetic.
Perhaps the most interesting storyline is that of aged and Alzheimer-stricken Lily and her former “beard” Yen, who she believes to be her long-time lover Ocean. Lily and Yen need one another, even though their relationship is based on a mistaken identity. Strangely, Lily and Yen find a way to honor those sham marriage vows they took long ago.
Yet another tearjerker from aGLIFF.
This article appears in September 5 • 2008.