Night Scene
Director：Cui Zi En
Screenwriter：Cui Zi En
Cast：Gao Yang ， Liang Hao Bin ，Qiao Bin ，Ge Ying Han
Producer：Liu Shu Jing ，Peng Jia Yi
Cinematographer：Zhang Hui Lin 、Yuan De Qiang
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SYNOPSIS
Yang Yang is a college student. By accident he found that his father is a homosexual. He stalked him and smacked his father’s lover Xiaoyong. But what Yangyang didn’t find out is that his father runs a male prostitute house and he couldn’t believe that he himself would later on fell in love with a boy at the first sight. And it would be even out of his
Yangyang brought his male lover Haobin to school. Their intimate relationship got more heated day by day. But when he found that Haobin was a midnight cowboy, he fell into a deep sense of desperation.Then he began to be defiant of conventions and indulged in sex with nod-acquaintances.
Male prostitute Xiaobin who came from a small city of Shandong said that his experience of being a male prostitute would shadow all his life. He fell in love with another male prostitute who is very randy. He scared his arm with dog-end to keep himself alert.
Yangyang’s father is hosting a show. The money boys in his shop went on stage one by one to displayed their talents and among them was Yangyang’s deeply beloved Haobin.
Director Biography
Director's Statement
Being a proponent of homosexual rights, Cui Zi’en’s predilection for boys often returns in his work. NIGHT SCENE is a film about one of the biggest taboos in contemporary China: male street prostitution. It is a unique portrait of a twilight world in parks and clubs that veers between documentary and fiction. Cui filmed real gigolos and actors who play gay prostitutes, without detailing precisely who really is and who isn’t. There is no strict distinction between homosexuals and prostitutes, nor is there any moral verdict. Cui has however made an ambiguous, layered film, just as boundless as the lives of male prostitutes in China. There is also a gripping storyline about the boy Yangyang, who happens to find out that his father is gay. He sets out to investigate his father’s hidden past and confronts his secret partner Xiaoyong in the process. At the same time, in all this confusion, Yangyang is surprised to find himself also falling in love with a boy, Haobin. But his world falls apart when, after some time, he finds out what his friend really does for a living. Some actors approached by Cui did not dare play the role of gay prostitutes, and some gay prostitutes didn’t want to be filmed. It is the director’s great achievement that he records a world that is hard to capture on video: “We are nothing. We have nothing. We are a tragic generation.” — International Film Festival Rotterdam
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