Orz Boyz

"Another film at the festival with young boys as protagonists is "Orz Boyz (囧rz男孩)" (Taiwan 2008, 110 min.). In hilarious "Orz Boyz," two mischievous school boys either are busy at school playing pranks on other kids, or imagining themselves off to a faraway world. This is director Gillies Ya-che Yang's (楊雅喆) debut feature, although many know him by his novel "Blue Gate Crossing (藍色大門)," which was later adapted into a feature film. After watching "Orz Boyz," you'll laugh at the trickeries from these two kids, or their teacher."

"Two mischievous and highly imaginative boys spend a hot Taiwanese summer scheming to enter the seaside kingdom of Orz and escape their troubled home lives in this bittersweet, often hilarious tale."

Gina and I went to see this charming film last night, the last night of the San Francisco International Film Festival. I found out about this fest towards the end, but I was so glad to be able to catch this flick at least. It was well-done, the boys were so cute and full of rascalness but still with that little boy charm only wanting to prove their braveness to the world in teeny tiny steps. It made me giggle, laugh and cry all in a couple hours - great films open your eyes and let you see things from a totally different perspective than your own leaving you refreshed and enlightened. This film did that for me. Thank you "Orz Boyz".