Love Education | |
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Traditional | 相愛相親 |
Simplified | 相爱相亲 |
Mandarin | Xiāng ài xiāng qīn |
Directed by | Sylvia Chang |
Written by | Sylvia Chang You Xiaoying |
Produced by | Patricia Cheng |
Starring | Sylvia Chang Tian Zhuangzhuang Lang Yueting Song Ningfeng Wu Yanshu |
Cinematography | Mark Lee Ping-bing |
Edited by | Matthieu Laclau |
Music by | Kay Huang |
Production companies | Beijing Hairun Pictures Dream Creek Productions |
Distributed by | Applause Entertainment (Taiwan) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Countries | China Taiwan |
Language | Mandarin |
Box office | NT$5 million (Taiwan) [1] US$26 million(Mainland China) [2] |
Love Education is a 2017 Chinese-Taiwanese drama film directed and co-written by Sylvia Chang. It stars Chang, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Lang Yueting, Song Ningfeng, and Wu Yanshu. It focuses on three generations of women in Henan Province. [3] [4] [5]
The film received critical acclaim, with many praising the screenplay and direction, as well as the performances of Wu, Tian, and Chang.
Love Education is a story of family and love, involving three women of different ages. Weiwei, nearly 30, has reached the age where she is able to marry. Her love life is in danger of her past, with her work causing troubles with her mother, Huiying, unable to understand it fully. Huiying is a middle-aged teacher who is about to retire, and takes on all arrangements after her mother's death, as she and her husband, Xiaoping, depend on each other but the couple suffer from emotional miscommunication. Nana, the 90-year-old grandma who has lived alone for decades, finds her life interrupted Huiying's sudden visit, and brings up the history of a bittersweet love affair. Through the three generations of women who share different views on life and love, they must find a way to connect as they meet together.
The city and rural scenes were filmed in Zhengzhou and Luoyang, respectively. [6]
Award | Category | Recipients | Result | Ref. |
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25th Beijing College Student Film Festival | Best Film | Love Education | Nominated | [7] |
Jury Award | Nominated | |||
Best Actor | Tian Zhuangzhuang | Nominated | ||
Best Actress | Wu Yanshu | Nominated | ||
Best Screenplay | Sylvia Chang, You Xiaoying | Won | [8] | |
23rd Huading Awards | Best Director | Sylvia Chang | Nominated | [9] |
Best Actress | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Lang Yueting | Nominated | ||
9th China Film Director's Guild Awards | Best Film | Love Equation | Nominated | [10] [11] |
Best Hong Kong/Taiwan Director | Sylvia Chang | Won | ||
Best Actor | Tian Zhuangzhuang | Nominated | ||
Best Actress | Sylvia Chang | Nominated | ||
Best Screenwriter | Sylvia Chang, You Xiaoying | Won | ||
37th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Film | Patricia Cheng | Nominated | [12] [13] |
Best Director | Sylvia Chang | Nominated | ||
Best Screenplay | Sylvia Chang, You Xiaoying | Won | ||
Best Actor | Tian Zhuangzhuang | Nominated | ||
Best Actress | Sylvia Chang | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Wu Yanshu | Nominated | ||
Best Cinematography | Mark Lee Ping-bing | Nominated | ||
Best Original Film Score | Kay Huang | Nominated | ||
Best Original Film Song | "Flowers in Blossom" Composer: Kay Huang Lyrics: Lam Kwun-fan Performer: Sitar Tan | Nominated | ||
12th Asian Film Awards | Best Director | Sylvia Chang | Nominated | [14] [15] |
Best Actress | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Tian Zhuangzhuang | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Wu Yanshu | Nominated | ||
Best Screenplay | Sylvia Chang, You Xiaoying | Nominated | ||
54th Golden Horse Awards | Best Feature Film | Love Education | Nominated | [16] |
Best Director | Sylvia Chang | Nominated | ||
Best Leading Actor | Tian Zhuangzhuang | Nominated | ||
Best Leading Actress | Sylvia Chang | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Wu Yanshu | Nominated | ||
Best Original Screenplay | Sylvia Chang and You Xiaoying | Nominated | ||
Best Original Film Song | "Flowers in Blossom" Composer: Kay Huang Lyrics: Lam Kwun-fan Performer: Sitar Tan | Nominated | ||
Piaget Award | Love Education | Won | [17] | |
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