Duckweed (film)
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Chinese | 乘风破浪 |
Directed by | Han Han |
Screenplay by | Yu Meng |
Produced by | Xu Zheng Yu Meng Li Wenwen |
Starring | Deng Chao Eddie Peng Zhao Liying Dong Zijian |
Production company | Shanghai Professional Making Film |
Distributed by | Shanghai Bona Media Co., Ltd. Horgos Orange Picture Media Co., Ltd. |
Release date |
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Country | China |
Language | Mandarin |
Box office | US$151.5 million |
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Plot
The film tells the story about the reconciliation between a father and his son. Ah Lang, a youth from a small town, thinks that his father Ah Zheng never understood his occupation and life. In a fateful occurrence, he is able to experience his father's legendary and interesting life in the past.
Movie started with Xu Tailang (
Cast
- Starring
- Deng Chao as Xu Tailang
- Eddie Peng as Xu Zhengtai
- Zhao Liying as Xiao Hua
- Special invitation
- Dong Zijian
- Zack Gao
- Zhang Benyu
- Special appearance
- Guest appearance
- Chin Shih-chieh (credited as King Shihchieh)
- Fang Li
- Joshua Yi
- Alice Xiong
- Sun Yihan
- Li Chunai
Critical reception
The film received positive reviews both in China and internationally. On Rotten Tomatoes it has a score of 83% based on reviews from six critics.[3] Maggie Lee of Variety reported "More relaxed and carefree than any of the Lunar New Year blockbusters jostling for the holiday crowd, the film is sprinkled with witty grace notes and is crowd-pleasing without being too ingratiating or idiotic."[4]
Box office
The film became one of the highest grossing Chinese films of the year, making one billion yuan in less than one month after being released.[5]
Awards and nominations
Awards | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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37th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan | Duckweed | Nominated | [6] |
9th China Film Director's Guild Awards | Best Film | Duckweed | Nominated | [7] |
Best Director | Han Han | Nominated | ||
Best Young Director | Nominated | |||
Best Actor | Deng Chao | Nominated | ||
Eddie Peng | Nominated | |||
Best Actress | Zhao Liying | Nominated | ||
23rd Huading Awards | Best Screenwriter | Han Han | Nominated | [8] |
References
- ^ "韩寒亮出“杀手锏”彭于晏出演《乘风破浪》". (in Chinese) ent.163.com
- ^ "《乘风破浪》定档大年初一 韩寒有信心". ent.sina.com. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ "Duckweed". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ Lee, Maggie. "Film Review: 'Duckweed'". Variety. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "China Box Office". 内地总票房排名. ChinaBoxOffice. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "Hong Kong Film Awards nominations 2018: Ann Hui's Our Time Will Come leads race with 11 nods". South China Morning Post. 6 February 2018.
- ^ "电影导演协会2017年度入围名单揭晓 吴京入围最佳导演". ifeng (in Chinese). 27 February 2018.
- ^ "第23届华鼎奖提名:《战狼2》、《芳华》双雄逐鹿". Sina (in Chinese). 20 March 2018.
External links
- Duckweed at IMDb