| Drifting Flowers | |
| Native Name: | 漂浪青春 |
| Director: | Zero Chou |
| Producer: | Liu Yun-Hou |
| Music: | Christine Hsu |
| Studio: | Third Vision Films |
| Distributor: | Three Dots Entertainment |
| Runtime: | 97 minutes |
| Country: | Taiwan |
| Language: | Mandarin |
Drifting Flowers is a 2008 Taiwanese lesbian drama film by director Zero Chou.[1] The original Chinese title means “The Drifting Waves of Youth.”[2]
Drifting Flowers had its world premiere on February 12, 2008, at the Berlin Film Festival as an official Panorama selection.[3] [4] [5]
The story takes place in three acts, and themes of love and abandonment predominate. Characters deal with lesbianism and gender dysphoria.
Variety called the film "the most professionally made of [Chou's] three features to date, but with a weakly developed script that doesn’t plumb far beneath the surface."
The Hollywood Reporter said the movie is Chou's strongest film to date, "yet it still lacks a script strong enough to pull it all together."[6]
AfterEllen said the tripartite story line is "one of the movie’s greatest strengths, as each scene hits the emotional high notes and captures quiet moments with equal aplomb."
The film was released in DVD format in Region 1 on February 3, 2009, by Wolfe Video; and in Region 3 on September 10, 2009, by Hoker Records.[7] [8] It was released on Blu-ray in region-free format on July 24, 2009, by Hoker Records.[9]