Breakup Buddies Explained
| Breakup Buddies |
| Native Name: | | Child: | yes | | Hide: | no | | Header: | none | | P: | Xīn Huā Lù Fàng |
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| Director: | Ning Hao |
| Cinematography: | Song Xiaofei |
| Editing: | Du Yuan |
| Runtime: | 116 minutes |
| Country: | China |
| Language: | Mandarin |
Breakup Buddies is a 2014 Chinese romantic comedy and road film directed by Ning Hao.[1] [2] 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,[3] 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".[4]
Box office
The film grossed ¥1.16971 billion at the Chinese box office[5] and a total of US$195.3 million internationally.[6] The Guardians Phil Hoad mentioning the film as one of "a few, giant, isolated local hits".[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: CNing Hao Gets His Apatow On With New Comedy BREAKUP BUDDIES'. August 21, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141004082957/http://twitchfilm.com/2014/07/ning-hao-gets-his-apatow-on-with-new-comedy-breakup-buddies.html#. 2014-10-04. dead.
- Web site: Ning Hao's Latest "Breakup Buddies" Trailer and Poster Gallery!. August 21, 2014.
- Web site: Toronto Film Festival Lineup Includes Denzel Washington's 'Equalizer,' Kate Winslet's 'A Little Chaos'. 22 July 2014 . August 21, 2014.
- Web site: Breakup Buddies review. Elley. Derek. Derek Elley. Film Business Asia. 2014-11-20. 2015-12-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20160110013254/http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/breakup-buddies#. 2016-01-10. dead.
- Web site: http://www.cbooo.cn/m/618111. zh:心花路放（2014）. October 24, 2014. www.cbooo.cn. Chinese.
- Web site: 'Transformers 4′ Tops 2014's 100 Highest-Grossing International Films – Chart. Nancy Tartaglione and David Bloom. January 10, 2015. January 10, 2015. Deadline Hollywood.
- Web site: Transformers 4 – machine-tooled for domination: 2014 global box office in review. Phil Hoad. December 31, 2014. January 11, 2015. theguardian.com.
