film profile] is a stylishly made, if slightly distanced, film about boys partaking in the world's oldest profession. The movie starts like a fashionable gay hustler movie, a brightly coloured
Cruising, if you will, with a shopping trip, partying and sex scenes. However, it develops into a contemplative tale of family and redemption after the action jumps forward five years, following a fight that ensures that Fei (
Kai Ko) must leave the village where he operates. Playing in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, it is the debut feature by writer-director
CB Y
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Set in South China, although it was shot in Taiwan,