台灣同志片《MONEYBOYS》入選坎城影展！Taiwan LGBT Movie Selected at Cannes Film Festival

The Taiwanese LGBT film MONEYBOYS was selected and will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in July this year. Directed by Chen Bo Yilin, MONEYBOYS tells the story of a gay couple, one of whom leaves his hometown to become a sex worker yet is still in love with the other, who has settled down as a husband and dad.

Chen Bo Yilin is Chinese Australian and studied at Film Academy Vienna. Some of Taiwan’s youngest and brightest actors are also in the film, including lead actors Kai Ko and JC Lin.

The opening ceremony of the film festival will be held on July 6. The world premiere of MONEYBOYS will take place around the same time.

友善讓你懂｜解說：

台灣LGBT電影《MONEYBOYS》入選今年坎城影展「一種注目」單元，將於7月在影展首映。《MONEYBOYS》由陳熠霖執導，講述了一對同性伴侶，其中一個人為了家計離開家鄉，成為一名性工作者，但多年後仍然深愛已結婚生子的前男友。

陳熠霖是澳大利亞華裔，曾就讀維也納電影學院，師從名導麥可漢內克。本片也由台灣年輕演柯震東與林哲熹主演，全程在台灣拍攝。

坎城電影節的開幕式將於7月6日舉行，《MONEYBOYS》全球首映也將在同一時間舉行，並預計今年在台灣上映。

輕鬆帶著走｜學習：

Premiere意思是首映、首次表演等，可同時當作動詞與名詞使用。

• 當名詞使用時，就是首映會、首次演出的場合。

例句：

The movie will have its premiere next week. 這部電影將於下週首映。

It is the world premiere. 這是全球首映。

• 當動詞時，可同時使用主動式或被動式

例如：

The movie premiered last week.

The movie was premiered last week.

兩句都是「這部電影於上週首映」的意思

本篇其他相關單字：

• settle down 安定下來
• bright 聰慧的
• opening ceremony 開幕式