The film “Moneyboys” will be released on April 14.
“Moneyboys” was officially entered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2021 Cannes International Film Festival. This film marks the feature debut of director C.B. Yi, who spent his childhood in China before moving to Austria, where he studied under Michael Haneke at the Wiener Fimmelakademie.
This film centers on Fei, a young man who sells his body to send money to his parents in the countryside, and depicts the economic and social struggles that await young people from rural China, as well as the conservative community that denies their existence. The role of Fei is played by Koo Chien-dong of “You Are the Apple of My Eye”. The role of Xiaolei, Fei’s live-in lover, is played by “Work! ~The Arc of Life~’s Lin Jacey has been cast.