Classmates Minus
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Traditional | 同學麥娜絲 |
Simplified | 同学麦娜丝 |
Mandarin | Tóngxué mài nà sī |
Directed by | Huang Hsin-yao |
Written by | Huang Hsin-yao |
Based on | Bluffing by Huang Hsin-yao |
Produced by | Chung Mong-hong Yeh Ju-feng Sung Ming-chung Jessie Ho Zeng Han-ting Li Heng-jie |
Starring | Shih Ming-shuai Cheng Jen-shuo Nadow Lin Liu Kuan-ting Chen Yi-wen |
Cinematography | Chung Mong-hong |
Edited by | Lai Hsiu-hsiung |
Production companies |
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Distributed by | Applause Entertainment Limited Taiwan Netflix[1] |
Release dates |
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Running time | 122 minutes[2] |
Country | Taiwan |
Languages | Mandarin Taiwanese Hokkien |
Box office | NT$44,855,962[3] |
Classmates Minus (Chinese: 同學麥娜絲) is a 2020 Taiwanese dark political comedy-drama film written and directed by Huang Hsin-yao, and starring Shih Ming-shuai, Cheng Jen-shuo, Nadow Lin, Liu Kuan-ting and Chen Yi-wen. The film was screened at the 57th Golden Horse Awards on November 5, 2020, and it had seen a theatrical release in Taiwan on the 20th of the same month. It was available for streaming worldwide via Netflix on February 20, 2021.[4]
Synopsis[]
Four school buddies — a director, a temp worker, an insurance salesman and a paper craftsman — grapple with unfulfilled dreams amid middle age ennui.
Cast[]
- Shih Ming-shuai as Tom
- as Fan Man
- Nadow Lin as Tin Can
- Liu Kuan-ting as Lee Hung-chang
- Chen Yi-wen as Congressman Gao
- Lotus Wang as A-Yue
- Ada Pan as Minus
- Jennifer Hung Shiao-ling as A-Zen
- Jacqueline Zhu as A-Zhi
- Evelyn Zheng Yu-tong as Valérie
Awards and nominations[]
Award | Category | Recipients | Result | Notes |
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57th Golden Horse Awards | Best Feature Film | "Classmates Minus" | Nominated | [5][6] |
Audience Choice Award | Won | |||
Best Adapted Screenplay | Huang Hsin-yao | Nominated | ||
Best Director | Huang Hsin-yao | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Nadow Lin | Won | ||
Nominated | ||||
Best Film Editing | Lai Hsiu-hsiung | Nominated | ||
Best Cinematography | Chung Mong-hong | Nominated | ||
Best Art Direction | Chao Shih-hao | Won | ||
Best Original Film Score | Ko Ren-chien, Eddie Tsai | Nominated |
References[]
- ^ "Classmates Minus". Netflix Vietnam. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ "同学麦娜丝 (豆瓣)". douban. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ "全國電影票房2021年03/08-03/14統計資訊" (PDF). . 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
- ^ Netflix全球獨家上線《同學麥娜絲》!劉冠廷反差萌CP重逢為影迷揭秘, DramaQueen電視迷,2021年1月21日
- ^ "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2021". Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- ^ "金馬初選結果出爐! 林柏宏《怪胎》、柯震東《打噴嚏》搶影帝入場券". ETtoday新聞雲 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2020-08-21. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
External links[]
- Classmates Minus at IMDb
- Classmates Minus at Douban (in Chinese)
- Classmates Minus on Facebook
Categories:
- 2020 films
- Taiwanese films
- 2020s Mandarin-language films
- 2020 black comedy films
- Taiwanese black comedy films
- Taiwanese drama films
- Political drama films
- Films based on Taiwanese novels