Mama Boy

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Genre: Comedy, International

Accessibility: Subtitles

Film Year: 2022

Locations: Taiwan

Film Length: 99 min

Languages: Mandarin

Subtitles: Subtitled

Director: Arvin Chen

Featuring: Kai Ko, Vivian Hsu, Yu Tzu Yu, Fandy Fan

Xiao-hong, a painfully shy, almost thirty-year-old fish store employee, lives alongside his control-freak mother, Meiling, who seemingly calls all the shots in his life. After a catastrophic blind date set up by Meiling, Xiao-hong’s cousin decides to take him to a sleazy local hotel that houses an underground prostitution business, hoping Xiao-hong can gain some experience with women. Although Xiao-hong’s first experience leads him to run away in a panic , he eventually develops a meaningful yet unconventional relationship with Sister Lele, an older woman who runs the escort business. Mama Boy offers a comedic tale of delayed first love, and the unconventional journey to find it.

Thursday, November 3
8:00 PM
Violet Crown 4
Add To Calendar 20221103 20:00 20221103 21:45 America/New_York VFF: Mama Boy

Xiao-hong, a painfully shy, almost thirty-year-old fish store employee, lives alongside his control-freak mother, Meiling, who seemingly calls all the shots in his life. After a catastrophic blind date set up by Meiling, Xiao-hong’s cousin decides to take him to a sleazy local hotel that houses an underground prostitution business, hoping Xiao-hong can gain some experience with women. Although Xiao-hong’s first experience leads him to run away in a panic , he eventually develops a meaningful yet unconventional relationship with Sister Lele, an older woman who runs the escort business. Mama Boy offers a comedic tale of delayed first love, and the unconventional journey to find it.

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