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Moneyboys

26th(2021) A Window on Asian Cinema

Urbanization · LGBT · Love/Romance · Coming of Age · Capitalism  

  • CountryAustria/France/Belgium/Taiwan
  • Production Year2021
  • Running Time120min
  • Format DCP
  • ColorColor
Program Note
Fei lives with his boyfriend Xiaolai, earning money from prostitution to support his family in the countryside. One day, when a client violently rapes Fei, Xiaolai beats up the rapist. However, the rapist’s men come to seek revenge on Xiaolai, and Fei runs away, leaving Xiaolai behind. Five years later, Fei is in another city, working as a popular hustler. The relationship between Fei and his childhood friend Long, who moved to the city without any plans, resembles Fei and Xiaolai’s relationship. Focusing on Fei’s love story, Moneyboys shows the economic and social conflicts experienced by young men who migrate to the city, as well as the duality of a conservative community that accepts financial support from them but denies their identity. Ko Chen-tung, who returns to the screen after a long hiatus, takes on the role of Fei. Moneyboys was invited to the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival. (PARK Sun Young)

[Director C.B. Yi’s message to the audience of Busan]
I have only one thing I want to say to all the people out there like my main character FEI: before you devote yourself to others, before you sacrifice yourself for your family, for your friends, and for your beloved ones, you have to take care of yourself and you have to love yourself first!
Director
Director
C.B. YI
C.B. YI was born in China and majored in Sinology at the University of Vienna. After studying directing at Vienna Film Academy and Beijing Film Academy, he made a short Little Precious (2011) and was invited to Un Certain Regard, 2021 Cannes Film Festival, with a debut feature Moneyboys.
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  • Director C.B. YI 이린보천
  • Producer Gabriele KRANZELBINDER, Barbara PICHLER, Guillaume DE LA BOULAYE, Patrick MAO HUANG, Andre LOGIE
  • Cast Kai KO, Chloe MAAYAN, Yufan BAI, JC LIN
  • Screenplay C.B. YI
  • Cinematography Jean-Louis VIALARD
  • Editor Dieter PICHLER
  • Sound Hjati BAGER-JONATHANSSON
  • Music Yun XIE-LOUSSIGNIAN
  • Production Company KGP FILMPRODUKTION GMBH
    Austria

    welcome@kgp.co.at

  • World Sales Totem Films
    France 8, Impasse Druinot
    nuria@totem-films.com