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Star Appeal
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Star Appeal

Sep 26, 2008
1h 26m
★ 3.0

Overview

Chinese filmmaker Cui Zi’en directs this gay-themed sci-fi drama about Xiao Bo, a bisexual man who discovers a stranger by the roadside, naked and claiming to be from Mars.

Genres

Science Fiction
Drama

Production Companies

Cuizi DV Studio

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Cast

Apollo Yu

Apollo Yu

Wang Guifeng

Wang Guifeng

Weiming Wang

Weiming Wang

Yu Bin

Yu Bin

Jian Hou

Jian Hou

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