Censorship
Keep Cool, originally scheduled for a world premiere at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, was pulled by Chinese censors at the last minute, ostensibly part of a general retrenchment of Chinese control over its film industry following the release of Zhang Yuan's homosexual-themed East Palace, West Palace.
Chinese censors additionally asked for Zhang to implement substantive changes to the film's story, most notably adding a happy ending.
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