Ma Vie En Rose

‘The most beautiful roses have the sharpest thorns.’

Theme: Teen Drama | LGBT | School Bullying | Teen Love

Directed by Jasmine Qinyuan Qian

Chen Rui (Ricky)  –  Haozhe    |     Yu Ben (Ben)  – Tengbo Tang

Ma Vie En Rose is a story about bullying of the LGBT community in a Chinese school, inspired by the song WOMXNLY (Mei Gui Shao Nian) by Jolin Tsai. When listening to this song, I was constantly building a story world in my mind, enriching it and refining the characters’ backstory. How do I work with actors to create deep and subtle performances as a director? These are my main concerns on set. The main acting style in my films is dialogue, so there is more focus on emotion. The mood and atmosphere of the film are sad, peaceful, hopeful and powerful. I hope that my script, camera and performance will resonate with the audience and create a truly memorable performance that will make the audience feel the sincerity, delicacy and haziness of young love.

Improving my ability to collaborate and communicate is what I got out of the project. By filming on set, I had a comprehensive idea about how collaborative the process of making movies really is and how to work together with actors to draw out forgettable performances.