The Troubled Boy

Yang Yezhe
Pan Qinyu, Li Guanyi, Ma Zhixiang, Mei Fang, Ruan Jingtian, Na Dou
2008
Taiwan, China
Completed
Mandarin Chinese
104 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known as囧男孩,is aTaiwan, ChinaProducerwomen sex,At2008Released in year
。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese,Current Douban rating7.8(For reference only)。
Elementary school "liar" No. 1 (Li Guanyi) and No. 2 (Pan Qinyu) spend all their time together as best friends. Both of their families are incomplete; No. 1's mother is missing and his father (Ma Zhixiang) is mentally unstable, while No. 2 lives with his "selfish, unloving" grandmother (Mei Fang) and dislikes his uncle, who sends a crying baby sister for the grandmother to take care of. No. 2 loves K-pop star KADA the most, and No. 1 tries to cheer him up by teasing him with a KADA figure that "Mom sent from Hawaii."
The two often team up to create lies to play pranks on classmates, and the teachers are at a loss, frequently punishing them by making them stay after school in the library. As a result, they create a colorful fairy tale world. In a bid to enter the "other dimension" they dream of living in, they try to simultaneously activate ten large fans to create a massive tornado; although this fails, they temporarily escape the pains of growing up with their eternally smiling classmate Lin Aili (Xu Qiwen).
Hearing that if they ride the terrifying slide at a certain amusement park a hundred times they can fly to the "other dimension," they decide to start saving money by cutting back on expenses and promise to grow up together. However, No. 2 succumbs to the temptation of playing capsule toys to get a giant KADA, betraying their shared dream, which becomes the spark that fractures their friendship. Afterward, No. 1 makes a surprising decision to try to mend their friendship. Their behavior may be "troubled," but their emotions are true and ten times more intense than those of adults.