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''Mei Mei'' is a 2009 Chinese and US co-production drama short film directed by the Chinese Xu Xiaoxi and written by Roberto F. Canuto and Xu Xiaoxi. The film's premier took place in Hungary, where the film was part of the official selection at the "''3rd Annual Slow Film International Film Festival''", a successor to the 32-year-old "''Hungary Film Festival''" born of the Film Art Initiative that includes films from Europe and North America. ''Mei Mei'' was screened in late August 2009 to an international crowd and was received as one of the festival's finest. ''Mei Mei'' tells the story of the neighbours Lulu and Julian. Lulu is a prostitute who receives constant visits from Julian, as he believes that she is his missing ex-girlfriend, Mei Mei. Thinking that he is merely trying to win her over, Lulu rejects his advances, but something happen that makes Lulu change her impression. From there, the two embark on a journey in search of companionship in a beautiful and heartbreaking love story. Australian actress Janet Chiarabaglio, best known for her roles in ''Songbird'' (Official Selection of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival), ''Inspector Gadget II'', and ''Jeopardy 3'', appears in the lead role following her Jury Award at the Boston Independent Film Festival. Los Angeles-based Alex Best, whose feature credits include ''American Dreamz'' with Dennis Quaid and ''Vicious Circle'' (winner of the Best Film in the New York International Latino Film Festival) is the male lead of the cast, as the love sick Julian. The film, due to the relationship that the main character Lulu establish with her "special friend" CoCo, was included in some LGBT events, as lesbianism is in the subtext of the story. The film also received the nomination for Best Cinematography at the ''Kodak Scholarship Awards'' in the United States, 2009, being the oficial representative of NYFA from Los Angeles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://motion.kodak.com/motion/About/News/2011/Aug03_1.htm )〕 ==Plot== Lulu, a high class prostitute, receives constant visits from her neighbor Julian, as he believes that she is his missing ex-girlfriend Mei Mei. He begs her for the chance to start their relationship again. Lulu rejects him as she thinks that he is just making up stories to win her over. Soon she starts to miss him, however it may be late as she discovers that Julian has found the real Mei Mei, who looks startlingly similar to her. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mei Mei」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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