Classmates Minus | |
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Traditional Chinese | 同學麥娜絲 |
Simplified Chinese | 同学麦娜丝 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Tóngxué mài nà sī |
Hokkien POJ | Tông-o̍h Ma̋i-ná-suh |
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 political black 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]
Four school buddies — a director, a temp worker, an insurance salesman and a paper craftsman — grapple with unfulfilled dreams amid middle age ennui.
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 | ||
Cheng Jen-shuo | 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 |