Feeding Boys, Ayaya (2003) (V)

Director:

Zi'en Cui

Writer:

Zi'en Cui (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A Christian virgin tries to save gay male prostitutes when his brother becomes one. |

Plot Keywords:

Male Prostitute | Gay Interest

Cast

Zi'en Cui	...	Composer
Jian Hu
Ge Jia
Wen Wen
Bin Yu
Jian Zhang
Shiqin Zhang

Country:

China

Language:

English | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Filming Locations:

S.S. New York, Atlantic Ocean

Company:

Cui Film Production

Movie Connections:

References "Oz" (1997)

Lost dreams and Boy Prostitutes

The land of the Sleeping Dragon has been given license to make movies. This particular film has made the circuit and has been touted by many as Avante guard. The director Cul Zi en has crafted his film to promote cinematic interest and mounting international concern for one of China's fastest growing problems, male prostitution. The film itself is, by western standards, ill conceived and poorly constructed. Furthermore, it proves an ill woven tapestry of minor characters, spectral images, philosophical dialogs and a tangled message which has viewers wondering, if they are in the wrong theater. Lacing a shadowy musical composer who's role and purpose is never fully explained, with that of an elder brother, who's role is equally sketchy at best is confusing enough. His aim is? To save his younger brother from the brutal streets of Bejing. What little is understood of Cul Zi en's message is clear if one is on medication, but the options of a boy prostitutes in any country is doubtful at best. Sandwiched between overt poverty, harsh imprisonment, armies of religious zealots and the mounting problems of a ambivalent nation, prostitution, like any vice, becomes morally offensive, but a necessary evil. The film, like it's message, is destined for the shelves in the library of humanity.