Old Boys enliven young dreams 老男孩　:缅怀青春 重拾梦想导读：梦想这东西和经典一样，永远不会因为时间而褪色（fade），反而更显珍贵。

”青春系列电影之一 老男孩　让众多网友直言飙泪”、泪流满面”。

老男孩　为何走红，它又是凭借什么赚取了千万观众的眼泪？

What does it take to touch a generation?

它是如何感动一代人的呢？

It`s a question faced hundreds of times by Xiao Yang, whose online film Old Boys is resonating deeply with Chinese born in the 1970s and 1980s.

这正是肖央思索了无数次的问题，而由他导演的网络短片 老男孩　使得中国上世纪七八十年代生人产生了强烈共鸣。

In the movie, Xiao plays a wedding party host who loves singing, while his real life business partner Wang Taili plays a hairdresser who loves dancing.

在电影里，肖央饰演一位喜爱唱歌的婚庆司仪，而他现实生活中的合作伙伴王太利则扮演了一位热爱舞蹈的理发师。

But their youthful dreams have been replaced by reality.

而他们年轻时的梦想早已被现实取代。

At the end of the movie, the two old boys walk onto a talent show to realize their dreams, even though everyone is making fun of them.

在影片最后，尽管所有人都取笑他们，两个老男孩还是选择登上选秀舞台去实现他们最初的梦想。

When they sing a beautiful elegy to youth, a lament for all the things lost along the way, many were in tears.

The song features the music of Ohashi Takya`s Arigatou, with lyrics written by the pair, known in the film and in reality as the Chopstick Brothers.

当他们唱起动人的青春挽歌，悼念一路走来错失的所有，许多人都流下了眼泪。

这首歌的旋律来自大桥卓弥的 谢谢　，词作者便是短片中的二人组，即现实中的筷子兄弟”组合。

The film has been viewed online more than 26 million times since its Oct 28 debut.

自10月28日首映起，该短片已经在线播放超过2600万次。

"I didn`t see that coming," said Xiao, 31, who makes a living shooting commercials but who had long considered shooting a film.

31岁的肖央表示：我之前根本没想到这部片子会如此受欢迎。

”他靠拍摄商业广告为生，却一直都想着要拍一部电影。

The old boys` story came easily.

As fans of Michael Jackson, Xiao and Wang told a story about ordinary people recapturing their lost dreams - performing Michael Jackson songs on the stage -- in memory of their icon and their own dying dreams.

老男孩　讲述的故事很简单。

作为迈克尔•杰克逊的歌迷，为纪念自己的偶像和逝去的梦想，肖央和王太利讲诉了一个普通人重拾梦想的故事，并安排他们在片中上台演绎杰克逊的歌曲。

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