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Blue Cha Cha

Blue Cha Cha
Chinese深海
Directed byChen Wen-Tang
StarringTarcy Su
Lu Yi-ching
Music byCincin Lee
Production
company
Green Light Film
Release date
  • 2005 (2005)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryTaiwan
LanguageStandard Chinese

Blue Cha Cha (Chinese: Shēn hǎi, 深海) is a 2005 Taiwanese film directed by Chen Wen-Tang. It was Taiwan's submission to the 79th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1][2]

Blue Cha Cha depicts Ah Yu (Tarcy Su), a woman in her thirties who has just been released from prison. She stays with an older women, An An (Lu Yi-ching), the proprietor of a girlie bar in the port town of Kaohsiung, and attempts to form relationships with two men: businessman Chen Sang (Leon Dai) and factory worker Hao (Wei Lee).[3][4]

The film did the rounds of the European film festival circuit, screening at the 2006 International Film Festival Rotterdam,[5] the 2006 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival,[6] and the 33rd Brussels International Independent Film Festival where it won the festival's Grand Prize.[7] In 2016, ten years after its release, the film screened as part of the Kaohsiung Film Festival.[8]

Actress Lu Yi-ching won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film at the 51st Asia-Pacific Film Festival in 2006.[9] She was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 42nd Golden Horse Awards in 2005 but lost to Yuen Qiu for Kung Fu Hustle. At the same awards, the film's composer Cincin Lee won the Best Original Film Score award for the original soundtrack.[10][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sneider, Jeff (2006-10-19). "Oscar race counts 61 countries". Variety. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
  2. ^ "Foreign language Oscar nominees announced". The New Zealand Herald. 2007-01-17. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
  3. ^ Elley, Derek (26 October 2005). "Review: Blue Cha-Cha". Variety. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  4. ^ Hu, Brian. "Save the last dance". UCLA International Institute. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Blue Cha Cha". IFFR. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Blue Cha Cha / Shen Hai". Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Director Zheng Wentang: I want to keep the rookie spirit". Business Today (in Chinese). 19 November 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Blue Cha-Cha". Kaohsiung Film Festival. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  9. ^ Wu, Nelson H. (24 November 2006). "Asia-Pacific fest falls for 'Unwanted Woman'". Variety. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  10. ^ "42nd Golden Horse Awards". Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  11. ^ "42nd Golden Horse Award Winners". Taipei Times. 14 November 2005. Retrieved 3 June 2021.


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cha_Cha