Breakup Buddies

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Breakup Buddies
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Official poster
Chinese
Hanyu Pinyin Xīn Huā Lù Fàng
Directed by Ning Hao
Written by
  • Yue Xiaojun
  • Xing Aina
  • Sun Xiaohang
  • Dong Runnian
  • Zhang Disha
  • Zhang Yifan
Produced by
  • Wang Yibing
  • Ling Hong
Starring
CinematographySong Xiaofei
Edited byDu Yuan
Music by
Production
companies
  • Injo Films
  • China Film Group
  • Beijing Galloping Horse Film
  • Beijing Asian Union Culture & Media Investment
  • Talent International Film
  • Beijing Shine Land Culture
  • Beijing Injo Production
  • Beijing HG & Injo Culture Investment Management
  • Beijing Skywheel Entertainment
  • Huang Bo Studio
  • Dongyang Dirty Monkey Films Production
  • China Movie Channel
  • Beijing Sankuai Technology
Release dates
  • September 7, 2014 (2014-09-07)(TIFF)
  • September 30, 2014 (2014-09-30)(China)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Box officeUS$195,300,000 [1]

Breakup Buddies is a 2014 Chinese romantic comedy and road film directed by Ning Hao. [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).

Contents

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

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. [1] The Guardian's Phil Hoad mentioning the film as one of "a few, giant, isolated local hits". [6]

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