Splendid Float

Roy leads a double life. At daytime, he is a taoist monk attending to funerals, at night, he roams the beaches as drag queen Rosa. During one of his performances singing on playback with other drag queens, he meets Sunny. Their passionate love is however ended by an accident during which Sunny drowns. Roy is to conduct the final rites for him. For this purpose, he chooses a beautiful place amidst high rocks. Can love defeat death? In the film, it is difficult to separate the main protagonists fantasies from his real life. This very poetic and colorful film has been presented at over 30 world film festivals.

Zero Chou (1969) Studied philosophy and was lead to film-making by her interest in the relationship of film and reality. She earned success mostly with her documentaries and her writing. Splendid Float is her full-length cinematic debut.