My Fair Son
Director: CuiZi’e
Screenwriter: CuiZi’e
Cast:Wang Junrui, Wang Weiming, Yu Bo, WangGuifeng, LiZiqiang
Producer:
Cinematographer:YangJin
Running Time:90mins
Region:China
Year:2007
Language:Chinese
Production Company:
SYNOPSIS
Xiao Ray left me when he was very little. Before he came back to me at 18, he had stayed with his grandfather. Xiao Ray was rather quiet. Although he did not really care about me, he did care for his looks. He was indeed fair as a blossom. He puzzled me. I was not sure if I should treat him as a son, or a daughter.
The man he loved was Xiao Bo, who was then my assistant. Retiring Xiao Bo from my company, I wanted to be the most important man in Xiao Ray’s life. I failed, however. Xiao Ray left me again. And this time, forever.
Director Biography
<p>Cui Zien, from Heilongjiang. He is a believer in Catholicism, with the baptismal name Peter, and is a Leo. He holds a master's degree in literature from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and is a second-level film screenwriter and associate professor at the Beijing Film Academy. Due to the religious influence he received in childhood, many elements of Christian faith are integrated into his works, such as the image of the Madonna holding a child in his novels; the protagonist's chanting on the night of Resurrection; musings on whether Jesus exists on Mars; the use of Psalms, Proverbs, and Song of Solomon to structure sections in the film "Old Testament," as well as the scene where Xiao Bo holds the Bible, calling on sex workers to repent... He harmonizes the irreconcilable aspects of religion and homosexuality, resolving them through beauty, making a very good attempt.</p>
Director's Statement
<p>During the year 2004-2005, we shot the “trilogy of bad moralities”: Withered Lads in a Blooming Season, Refrain, and My Fair Son.</p><p>In this recent 20 years, China under Mandarin-Speaking and Simplified Characters are making great changes day by day. A nation that used to suffer hard life suddenly became rich, people rush to pleasure and comfort life, divorces and abandoned children seem to be common, this is the background reality of my “trilogy of bad moralities”.</p><p>“trilogy of bad moralities” reflects my observation of actual morality between people in China: old order breaks down, new morality system is forming up. And my opinion is to throw away old moralities without any hesitation, and set up new relationships between people: that is only love of soul mate, no happiness of ethical relations.</p>

Leave a Comment