The Personals (1998 Taiwanese film)
| The Personals | ||
|---|---|---|
Hanyu Pinyin | Zhēng Hūn Qǐ Shì | |
| Directed by | Central Motion Pictures | |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes | |
| Country | Taiwan | |
| Language | Mandarin | |
The Personals is a 1998 Taiwanese
comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Chen Kuo-fu, based on Jade Y. Chen's 1992 novel of the same name. The film follows a career woman (Rene Liu) as she encounters a diverse bunch of men after placing a personal advertisement in the newspaper. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.[1] Liu won Best Actress at the 1999 Asia-Pacific Film Festival.[2]
Cast
- Rene Liu as Du Jia-zhen, an ophthalmologist
- Lo Pei-an as Lo Pei-an, Du Jia-zhen's former college instructor
- Chen Chao-jung
- Wu Bai
- Ku Pao-ming
- Chin Shih-chieh
- Shih Yi-nan
- Pu Hsueh-liang
- Sisy Chen as herself
- Doze Niu as himself
See also
- Mr. Right Wanted, a 2014 Taiwanese TV series based on the same novel
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Personals". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-6792-5.
External links
- The Personals at IMDb
- The Personals at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
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