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A Leg

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A Leg
Film poster
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu PinyinTuǐ
Directed byChang Yao-sheng
Written byChang Yao-sheng
Chung Mong-hong
Produced byChung Mong-hong
StarringGwei Lun-mei
Tony Yang
CinematographyChung Mong-hong
Edited byLai Hsiu-hsiung
Production
companies
Mirror Fiction
Mandarin Vision
Cream Production
Distributed by
  • Golden Village Pictures
  • Clover Films
  • Applause Entertainment Limited
Release dates
Running time
115 minutes[1]
CountryTaiwan
LanguageMandarin
Box officeNT$7,806,810[2]

A Leg (Chinese: ) is a 2020 Taiwanese dark romantic comedy drama film co-written and directed by Chang Yao-sheng (in his feature directorial debut), produced and co-written by Chung Mong-hong and starring Gwei Lun-mei and Tony Yang. The film was the opening film at the 2020 Golden Horse Film Festival on November 5, 2020.[3] It screened at several film festivals including Tokyo International Film Festival[4] and Hong Kong Asian Film Festival,[5] and it was officially released in Taiwan on December 24, 2020.[6] It received 4 nominations at the 57th Golden Horse Awards, including Best Original Screenplay, Best Leading Actress for Gwei, Best Supporting Actor for Michael, Best Makeup & Costume Design.[7]

Plot

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A wife who battles to keep her husband’s body intact after he dies of a leg amputation.

Cast

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Awards and nominations

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Award Category Recipients Result Notes
57th Golden Horse Awards Best Original Screenplay Chang Yao-sheng, Chung Mong-hong Nominated [8][7]
Best Leading Actress Gwei Lun-mei Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Michael Chang Nominated
Best Makeup & Costume Design Hsu Li-wen Nominated
2nd Taiwan Film Critics Society Awards Best Screenplay Chang Yao-sheng, Chung Mong-hong Nominated [9][10][11]
23rd Taipei Film Awards Best Music Luming Lu Won [12]

References

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  1. ^ "A Leg". douban. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "全國電影票房2021年03/08-03/14統計資訊" (PDF). 國家電影及視聽文化中心. 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  3. ^ "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival - Classmates Minus and A Leg: Double Opening Films for 2020 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  4. ^ "【A Leg】 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival". Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  5. ^ "HKAFF - Hong Kong Asian Film Festival - A leg". HKAFF. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  6. ^ "威秀影城 - 腿 A leg". VieShow Cinemas Taiwan. December 24, 2020.
  7. ^ a b 王心妤. "57th Taipei Golden Horse Awards Winners List". goldenhorse.org.tw. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  8. ^ "華 文 創 MandarinVision The 57th Golden Horse Awards Nominations". Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  9. ^ 台灣影評人協會 (2021-01-20). "第二屆台灣影評人協會獎入圍名單今日揭曉,《同學麥娜絲》大熱門". Facebook.
  10. ^ 台灣影評人協會 (2021-03-26). "【本日新聞稿:台灣影評人協會獎最佳影片由《阿紫》獲得,陳玉勳獲最佳導演】". Facebook.
  11. ^ 王心妤 (2021-03-26). "影視聽傑出工作者頒獎 鼓勵年輕影人創作". 中央通訊社.
  12. ^ "Nominees for 2021 Taipei Film Awards Announced". TaipeiFF. 2021-05-14.
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