Moneyboys

© Viennale

Viennale

Fei is a "moneyboy", a young man who illegally sells his body in Beijing to support his family in the countryside with money. When he returns home, he is badly ridiculed and despised by his father's friends, even his own uncle. They want his money but nothing to do with him. Fei returns to Beijing, where he is caught up in an old debt. In long planned sequences, C.B. Yi watches his protagonist slowly find clarity about himself, love and life. "An ambitious debut that is the prelude to a planned trilogy, the maturity and visual design of the first feature leave us hoping for more" (Martin Nguyen).
Running time: 120 minutes
Directed by: C.B. Yi
Country/Year: Ö/F/B/TWN/2021
Cast members: Kai Ko, Chai Ming-Hsiu, JC Lin, Chloe Maayan

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