Dearest (2014 film)

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Dearest
Dearest 2014 film poster.jpg
Theatrical poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 親愛的
Simplified Chinese 亲爱的
Directed by Peter Chan
Written byZhang Ji
Produced byJojo Hui
Starring Zhao Wei
Huang Bo
Tong Dawei
Hao Lei
Zhang Yi
Zhang Yuqi
CinematographyShu Chou
Yang Zhenyu
Edited byDerek Hui
Music by Leon Ko
Production
companies
We Pictures Limited
China Vision Media Group
Stellar Mega Films
Stellar Mega Pictures
Enlight Pictures
Real Thing Media
HB Studio
PULIN Production Limited
Distributed byWe Entertainment
Release dates
  • 4 September 2014 (2014-09-04)(TIFF)
  • 26 September 2014 (2014-09-26)(China)
  • 13 November 2014 (2014-11-13)(Hong Kong)
Running time
130 minutes
CountriesChina
Hong Kong
LanguageMandarin
Box officeUS$54,630,000 (China domestic gross only) [1]

Dearest is a 2014 Chinese-language film directed by Peter Chan on kidnapping in China, based on a true story, [2] starring Zhao Wei, Huang Bo, Tong Dawei, Hao Lei, Zhang Yi and Zhang Yuqi. It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. [3]

Contents

Plot

Following years of unrelenting search, Tian Wenjun (Huang Bo) and ex-wife Lu Xiaojuan (Hao Lei) finally locate their abducted son in a remote village. After the boy is violently taken away from the village, the abductor's widow Li Hongqin (Zhao Wei) — the boy's foster mother — also loses her foster daughter to a state-owned orphanage in Shenzhen. Heartbroken, Li goes on a lone but determined journey to get her daughter back.

Theme songs

Cast

Production

Principal photography for Dearest took place in Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Chengde. [4] It began from January 2014 and concluded on 18 April 2014.

Portraying a rural mother, Zhao Wei spoke the Lower Yangtze Mandarin dialect (the predominant dialect in her hometown of Wuhu) rather than Standard Mandarin in the film. [5]

Accolades

List of awards and nominations
AwardCategoryNomineeResult
58th London Film Festival Best FilmNominated
51st Golden Horse Awards Best Actress Zhao Wei Nominated
10th Chinese American Film Festival Best Actress Zhao Wei Won
15th Huading Awards Best Actress Zhao Wei Nominated
Best Actor Huang Bo Nominated
21st Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Best PictureNominated
Best Director Peter Chan Nominated
Best ScreenplayZhang JiWon
Best Actress Zhao Wei Won
34th Hong Kong Film Awards Best PictureNominated
Best Director Peter Chan Nominated
Best ScreenplayZhang JiNominated
Best Actor Huang Bo Nominated
Best Actress Zhao Wei Won
4th Chinese Cinephilia Society AwardsBest Actress Zhao Wei Won
9th Asian Film Awards Best Actress Zhao Wei Nominated
5th China Youth Film Magazine PollTop Ten PicturesNominated
Best Actress Zhao Wei Nominated
Best Actress Hao Lei Nominated
5th Douban.com Movie AwardsBest Actress Zhao Wei Won
Hao Lei Won
6th China Film Director's Guild Awards Special Jury PrizeWon
22nd Beijing College Student Film Festival Best PictureWon
Best Actress Zhao Wei Won
Best ScreenplayZhang JiNominated
11th Guangzhou Student Film FestivalMost Popular DirectorPeter ChanWon
16th Huading Awards Best PictureWon
Best Director Peter Chan Won
Best ScreenplayZhang JiNominated
Best Actress Zhao Wei Won
Best Actor Huang Bo Nominated
15th Chinese Film Media Awards Best PictureNominated
Best ScreenplayZhang JiNominated
Best Actress Zhao Wei Won
Best Actor Huang Bo Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hao Lei Nominated
30th Golden Rooster Awards Best ScreenplayZhang JiNominated
Best Actress Zhao Wei Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Zhang Yi Won
33rd Hundred Flowers Awards Best Director Peter Chan Nominated
Best ScreenplayZhang JiNominated
Best Actor Huang Bo Nominated
Best Actress Zhao Wei Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Zhang Yi Nominated
Best New PerformerLi YiqianNominated

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