Breakup Buddies

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Breakup Buddies
Hanyu Pinyin
Xīn Huā Lù Fàng
Directed by
Beijing Galloping Horse Film
  • Beijing Asian Union Culture & Media Investment
  • Talent International Film
  • Beijing Shine Land Culture
  • Beijing Injo Production
  • Beijing HG & Injo Culture Investment Management
  • Beijing Skywheel Entertainment
  • Huang Bo Studio
  • Dongyang Dirty Monkey Films Production
  • China Movie Channel
  • Beijing Sankuai Technology
    • Release dates
    • September 7, 2014 (2014-09-07) (TIFF)
    • September 30, 2014 (2014-09-30) (China)
    Running time
    		116 minutes
    CountryChina
    LanguageMandarin
    Box officeUS$195,300,000[1]

    Breakup Buddies is a 2014 Chinese

    road film directed by Ning Hao.[2][3] It stars Huang Bo and Xu Zheng as buddies on a wild 3,000-kilometre cross-country journey from Beijing to Dali City (via Zhangjiajie
    ).

    The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2014,[4] and was released domestically on September 30, 2014. It grossed over $195 million to become one of the highest-grossing films in China.

    Plot

    Womanizer Hao Yi (Xu Zheng) takes his best friend Geng Hao (Huang Bo) on a road trip to Dali City in Yunnan — China's unofficial capital of one-night stands — to help him recover from a devastating divorce. Years before, Kang Xiaoyu (Yuan Quan) had traversed the same route to Dali where she met her future husband.

    Cast

    • Huang Bo as Geng Hao
    • Xu Zheng as Hao Yi
    • Yuan Quan as Kang Xiaoyu
    • Zhou Dongyu as Zhou Lijuan, a.k.a. "Christina"
    • Tao Hui as Avatar girl
    • Yue Xiaojun as an innkeeper
    • Shen Teng as a bar owner
    • Zhang Li as a Si Qing
    • Jiao Junyan as Xiao Bei
    • Ma Su as Shasha
    • Liu Meihan
    • Xiong Naijin as Kang Xiaoyu's best friend
    • Liu Yiwei as a cop
    • Wang Yanhui as a crime boss
    • Lei Jiayin as a gangster
    • Yong Mengting as a cosplay girl
    • Liang Hao as Li Maomao, Zhou Lijuan's boyfriend
    • Guo Tao as Kang Xiaoyu's attorney (cameo)
    • Li Chen as Kang Xiaoyu's new lover (cameo)
    • Xia Yu as Kang Xiaoyu's ex (cameo)

    Review

    Derek Elley of Film Business Asia gave Breakup Buddies a 7 out of 10, calling it "Ning Hao's maturest film so far" and praising the performances as "strong".[5]

    Box office

    The film grossed

    ¥1.16971 billion at the Chinese box office[6] and a total of US$195.3 million internationally.[1] The Guardian's Phil Hoad mentioning the film as one of "a few, giant, isolated local hits".[7]

    References

    1. ^ a b Nancy Tartaglione and David Bloom (January 10, 2015). "'Transformers 4′ Tops 2014's 100 Highest-Grossing International Films – Chart". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
    2. ^ "CNing Hao Gets His Apatow On With New Comedy BREAKUP BUDDIES'". Archived from the original on 2014-10-04. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
    3. ^ "Ning Hao's Latest "Breakup Buddies" Trailer and Poster Gallery!". Retrieved August 21, 2014.
    4. ^ "Toronto Film Festival Lineup Includes Denzel Washington's 'Equalizer,' Kate Winslet's 'A Little Chaos'". 22 July 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
    5. ^ Elley, Derek (2014-11-20). "Breakup Buddies review". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 2016-01-10. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
    6. ^ 心花路放（2014）. www.cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved October 24, 2014.
    7. theguardian.com
      . Retrieved January 11, 2015.

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