Monday, September 20, 2010

我和他的99天 (Our 99 days)

I wonder how many had watched this drama before. The drama was casted by dj's from gayradio.hk. The drama is kinda amateurish but it is quite nice and maybe reminiscent to some of the plu out there.

The story revolves around the gay community in Hong Kong.  It depicts the dilemma and problem faced by most queer during their adolescent or when they started to enter the gay circle before settled down. There are stories involving gay being bullied, isolated by family, unable to find stable relationship, too attach to previous relationships, and many more. However the drama is quite short, made up of 8 episodes and each episode about 10- 15 minutes.


One of the main points in the story is to stress on importance of safe sex (for those who like to dicking around). The title <Our 99 days> is taken on the encounter of a character on his boyfriend final 99 days before his dead due to AIDS. The story also reminds us all that despite having fun, when troubles come, we all want to turn back times before it happened.


Characters:

Ben: Portrayed to be matured and still in grief on the death of his boyfriend, Zac. After Zac's death, he opened a blog entitle 我和他的99天 (Our 99 days).

Mike: After failed in his previous relationships, he ought to fun instead of love. Was labelled as "hamsap sei gay lou" by Chris. He was said to like "flirting with gorgeous guy" by Don.

Jerry: Despite being very famous among the gay community in HK, he is deeply in love with Mike.

Don: A friend of Tom. Victim of bully in his school after he came out of closet. He is very comfortable with his sexuality and don't mind showing his queer's side around Tom.

Chris: He is very new in the scene (involves in gay relationships and any activity related)

Zac: Ben's ex-boyfriend. The title of the drama is taken from the story of the last days between Ben and Zac.        Zac died of AIDS.

Tom: Dora's younger sister and Don's best friend. He had been in hiding his sexuality orientation from his family and friends. He also had been into 14 relationships despite being in the scene for 4 years (4 relationships in 10 years) and is still a high school student.

Dora: Tom's older sister. A cool sister that any plu would like to have - understanding and very supportive.

How to get the drama:
1. It is available in Youtube together with English Subtitles. Just type "我和他的99天 " The drama is in Cantonese but the subtitle will be of a great help for the non-cantonese speaking audience.

A scene in the opening theme

                            


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