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Eternal Summer

No One Wishes To Be Lonely, Neither Do We.

6.1(76)20061h 36m2

Three high school students experience the perks and pitfalls of love in director Leste Chen’s sensitive tale of friendship and yearning.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$254K
Language
Cantonese
  • school friend
  • friendship
  • love triangle
  • sexuality
  • male friendship
  • coming of age
  • loneliness
  • unrequited love
  • school
  • lgbt
  • gay theme
  • boys' love (bl)

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Leste Chen

Produced in

Taiwan

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Digital / OTTNR18 Aug 2021
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Digital / OTT15+1 Jul 2007
  • Hong KongHK

    • Theatrical25 Jan 2007
    • Theatrical4K Remastered Version18 Aug 2021
  • PolandPL

    • Digital / OTT1618 Nov 2021
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical192 Aug 2007
  • TaiwanTW

    • Theatrical13 Oct 2006
    • Theatrical4K restoration (re-release)27 Aug 2021

Frequently asked questions

Eternal Summer was released on 13 October 2006.

Audience reviews

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  • T

    tmdb15214618

    5/6/2018

    7/10

    Although it is a bit ponderous and retreads well-trodden ground of queer cinema--the unrequited, sexually confused love triangles of teenagers--Eternal Summer is more restrained, skillful, and affecting than most attempts to tell this story. The unusual Asian setting helps to further distinguish it. The actors are decent, the writing is decent, the cinematography is competent if amateurish ... It's worth a watch.

  • K

    kinrich30

    9/8/2026

    7/10

    This was a bit of a disappointment for me and it felt a bit disconnected at times. It starts when two boys become friends in elementary school and then it jumps to their senior year in high school and then jumps again to their first year in college. By the end of high school one of them realizes that he is gay and in love with his best friend and the best friend's girlfriend figures this out, but keeps his secret. Th…

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