Lan Yu is a love story. There's a fairytale quality to the events, but as Lan Yu concerns two men, that might not be the best way to state matters.
Chen Handong (Hu Jun) is a successful, older businessman in Beijing in the late '80s. He has a thriving business. One night, he encounters a beautiful kid named Lan Yu (Liu Ye), an architecture student from the country who is not above a bit of prostitution to earn extra money.
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