Alifu,是排灣的王族名字,可以是男生名「阿利夫」或是女性化「阿莉芙」。25歲排灣族青年阿莉芙正煩惱著要不要繼承父親的頭目身份,還是聽從內心的聲音去變性;鄭人碩飾演的公務員本來有個要好女友,但有了變裝經驗後,他卻怎麼也回不去了;變裝酒吧老闆Sherry,一直暗戀著水電工老吳,但老吳只當他是哥兒們;TB佩貞愛上想要變性的阿莉芙,這段錯置的性別讓愛情變複雜。《父後七日》導演王育麟繼檢視台灣傳統與禮俗的滄桑流變後,今次為同志與跨性別者挺身而出,一改過去的悲情氛圍,以輕鬆幽默的大愛手法拍出沒有是非對錯的性別光譜。

After dealing with death as co-director of Seven Days in Heaven, director Wang Yu-lin uses his latest film to tackle an even bigger social issue: gender identity. Wang’s charming triptych tells three love stories featuring transgendered protagonists. A 25-year- old aboriginal man struggles between getting a sex change or inheriting the tribal chief position; a drag queen bar owner carries a torch for a plumber who isn’t interested in reciprocating the affection; and a government worker is rocked out of his dull everyday existence when he begins performing as a drag queen while struggling to hide it from his girlfriend. Arriving during the most important period of Taiwan’s LGBTQ movement, Alifu, The Prince/ss is a rousing celebration of love, equality, and acceptance.