Moneyboys

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Movie
original title Moneyboys
production country Austria , France , Belgium , Taiwan
original language Mandarin
Publishing year 2021
length 116 minutes
Rod
directing CB Yi
script CB Yi
production Barbara Pichler,
Gabriele Kranzelbinder ,
Guillaume de la Boulaye,
André Logie, and
Patrick Mao Huang
music Yun Xie Loussignian
camera Jean Louis Villard
cut Dieter Pichler
occupation
  • Kai Ko: Holiday
  • Bai Yufan: Long
  • Lin 'JC' Zhengxi: Xiaolai
  • Chloe Maayan: Lu Lu / Liang Hong / Li Yu

Moneyboys is a 2021 drama film directed by CB Yi and starring Kai Ko and Bai Yufan . The drama film premiered on July 12, 2021 as part of the 74th Cannes International Film Festival , where the film was invited to the Un Certain Regard section . The Austrian theatrical release is scheduled for January 21, 2022. In Germany, the film was shown in January 2022 in competition at the Max Ophüls Prize film festival, where the work was screened i.a. won the award for best feature film.

plot

Fei moves from a rural area to the big city to work as a hustler to support his family. She accepts his money, but not his homosexuality . As a result, there is a rift.

One day, Fei is abused by one of his pimps; his lover Xiaolai then decides to take revenge on him. After the argument escalates in a brutal fashion, Fei goes into hiding, fearing retribution and the police.

He attempts a fresh start through his relationship with Long, but Xiaolai reappears.

production and background

Filming took place in Taiwan over 39 days from May to July 2019 . The production was supported by the Austrian Film Institute , the Vienna Film Fund , Eurimages , Creative Europe MEDIA , Aides aux cinémas du monde , Taipei Film Commission , Belgian Tax Shelter , the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan and Totem . The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation and Arte were involved .

The film was produced by Austrian KGP Filmproduktion (producers Barbara Pichler and Gabriele Kranzelbinder ), in co-production with French Zorba Productions , Belgian Panache Productions and Taiwanese Flash Forward Entertainment . Filmladen (Austria) and ARP Selection (France) took over the distribution .

Jean-Louis Villard directed the camera. Hjalti Bager-Jonathansson and Karim Weth were responsible for sound, Zoe Wang for costume design, Liao Huei-Li for set design and Hsieh Jing-Wei for make-up.

Moneyboys is CB Yi's first feature film, which he worked on for eight years. In the course of research, he came across a book with interviews with over 2000 young Chinese sex workers, from whose stories he formed his main character. Originally, Yi also wanted to shoot the film in the PRC . After the temporary disappearance of actress Fan Bingbing , the film office issued an appeal not to make certain films. So Yi went to Taiwan.

reception

Bert Rebhandl wrote on DerStandard.at that film lives from the tension between traditional life with children and starting a family, as well as free life in the anonymity of a city. He finds a beautiful, unobtrusive aesthetic form for this tension. The film clearly shows how quickly progress in China has torn the generations apart.

Jakob Walter awarded six out of ten points on film-rezensions.de and said that the film was visually more appealing and cleverly dealt with the subject of prostitution and homosexuality critically. However, some lengths, as well as many storylines that go nowhere, ensure that the hoped-for social criticism and tragedy of the film peter out.

awards

web links

itemizations

  1. ↑ a b c Moneyboys at crew united , accessed June 4, 2021.
  2. ↑ The Screening Guide 2021 . In: festival-cannes.com, 1 July 2021 (accessed 2 July 2021).
  3. ↑ Cannes: Two Austrian contributions to "Un Certain Regard". In : ORF.at. 3 June 2021, retrieved 4 June 2021 .
  4. ↑ Cannes: Two Austrian films in the "Un Certain Regard" series. In: DerStandard.at . 3 June 2021, retrieved 4 June 2021 .
  5. ↑ a b c d e f Moneyboys. In: Austrian Film Institute . Retrieved October 18, 2021 .
  6. ↑ a b Moneyboys. In: ffmop.de. Retrieved December 16, 2021 .
  7. ↑ "Moneyboys": Ophüls Prize as a competition with Austrian coloring. In: Small Newspaper . 16 December 2021, retrieved 16 December 2021 .
  8. ↑ a b c d Moneyboys. In: kgp.co.at. Retrieved 4 June 2021 .
  9. ↑ a b Bert Rebhandl : "Moneyboys": City, country and gay love. In: DerStandard.at . January 18, 2022, retrieved January 19, 2022 .
  10. ↑ Benno Feichter: "Moneyboys" - China's sex workers. In : ORF.at. 20 January 2022, retrieved 22 January 2022 .
  11. ↑ Jakob Walter: Moneyboys. In: film-rezensions.de. January 25, 2022, retrieved January 26, 2022 .
  12. ↑ The award winners 2022 . In: ffmop.de (accessed on January 26, 2022).