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A father and son test the binds of family From ground breaking gay Chinese film maker Cui Zi en (Feeding Boys, Ayaya, Star Appeal) comes a tender and touching tale about a father and son trying to reconcile their separate lives. Ray, a tall, thin and handsome young man returns to live with his father after having grown up with grandfather. He is angry and disconnected over his father s middle class life style and hard line ways. Ray enrolls in art school where he makes a new friends and starts a relationship with a another student. One morning, Dad discovers the two young men naked in bed and, after being surprised, must begin to understand his own feelings toward homosexuality. Then Ray meets Bo, one of his dad s top employees. From the start, sparks fly and Ray falls in love. But Bo is to be married, how will the two connect and what will Ray s father think? Brilliantly shot, this art house film shows gay life in China in a different light than ever before.
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Last updated: August 11, 2009, 1:55 am
My Fair Son Cusomter reviews:
Average Rating: 4.5 Total Reviews: 2
(Alan K. Weeks, 2009-08-28) I guess Gay life in China is just emerging from the shadows. This movie I understand is one of the first Gay moives. It is all very tastefully done and kind of shy but it gets it's point across. It shows the sadder side of that life. Two ships passing each other at sea. Nice looking people but the father is not much to be admired. I am glad I bought it. As time goes on the Chinese movies may get bolder. Alan
(Amos Lassen, 2009-03-29) "My Fair Son" Reconciliation Amos Lassen New from WaterBearer comes Cui Zi'en's "My Fair Son", the story of a father and son who struggle to reconcile their separate lives. Ray returns to live with his father after having been raised by his grandfather. He finds himself unhappy, angry and disconnected over his father's hard line attitude and middle class way of life. He decides to go to art school and it is there that he meets a student with whom he begins a relationship. When his father finds him naked and in bed with another man, he realizes that he must come to terms with his own feelings about homosexuality which is something to which he had never given much thought. Ray later meets on his father's top employees and the two become involved almost immediately. Ray falls deeply on love but the other man is married. Of course there are problems--how will the two get together and what will Ray's father feel about this. Cui Zi'en gives is a look at a different China then we usually see. As Ray and his father test the bonds of family, we experience the turmoil of both men. The photography is lush and beautiful and the look at gay life in China is intense. The key issue of familial respect that is such a part of Chinese culture takes on a completely different face in "My Fair Son".