Mama Boy (Chinese: 初戀慢半拍) is a 2022 Taiwanese romance drama film directed and co-written by Arvin Chen, and starring Kai Ko, Vivian Hsu, Sara Yu and Fandy Fan. The film had its world premiere on April 25, 2022, at the 24th Far East Film Festival.[2][3][4] The film had a theatrical release in Taiwan on August 26, 2022.[5]

Mama Boy
Film poster
Traditional	初戀慢半拍
Simplified	初恋慢半拍
Mandarin	Chūliàn màn bàn pāi
Directed by	Arvin Chen
Written by	Arvin Chen Sunny Yu
Produced by	Arvin Chen Aileen Li
Starring	Kai Ko Vivian Hsu
Cinematography	Jake Pollock
Edited by	Chiang Yi-ning
Music by	Hsu Wen
Production companies	A Really Good Film Company Cinemark My Video Third Man Entertainment
Distributed by	Distribution Workshop Applause Entertainment Limited (Taiwan)
Release dates	April 25, 2022 (2022-04-25) (Udine, Italy) August 26, 2022 (2022-08-26) (Taiwan)
Running time	98 minutes[1]
Country	Taiwan
Language	Mandarin

Synopsis

The story describes the male protagonist Hsiao Hung, who is nearly 30 years old. Although his appearance is super handsome, Hong is not ready to lose his virginity and lives with his control-freak mother, Meiling. One day, under the introduction of his cousin, he met Lele, a woman who made him fall in love at first sight. A romantic love is here, it unfolds quietly at night in Taipei.

Cast

• Kai Ko as Hsiao Hung
• Vivian Hsu as Le Le
• Sara Yu
• Fandy Fan
• Joanne Missingham
• Hou Yen-hsi
• Debbie Yao

References

External links

• Mama Boy at IMDb
• Mama Boy at Douban (in Chinese)