A Leg

2020 Taiwanese film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A Leg (Chinese: ) is a 2020 Taiwanese dark romantic comedy drama film co-written and directed by Chang Yao-sheng (in his feature directorial debut), produced and co-written by Chung Mong-hong and starring Gwei Lun-mei and Tony Yang. The film was the opening film at the 2020 Golden Horse Film Festival on November 5, 2020.[3] It screened at several film festivals including Tokyo International Film Festival[4] and Hong Kong Asian Film Festival,[5] and it was officially released in Taiwan on December 24, 2020.[6] It received 4 nominations at the 57th Golden Horse Awards, including Best Original Screenplay, Best Leading Actress for Gwei, Best Supporting Actor for Michael, Best Makeup & Costume Design.[7]

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A Leg
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Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu PinyinTuǐ
Directed byChang Yao-sheng
Written byChang Yao-sheng
Chung Mong-hong
Produced byChung Mong-hong
StarringGwei Lun-mei
Tony Yang
CinematographyChung Mong-hong
Edited byLai Hsiu-hsiung
Production
companies
Mirror Fiction
Mandarin Vision
Cream Production
Distributed by
  • Golden Village Pictures
  • Clover Films
  • Applause Entertainment Limited
Release dates
Running time
115 minutes[1]
CountryTaiwan
LanguageMandarin
Box officeNT$7,806,810[2]
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Plot

A wife who battles to keep her husband’s body intact after he dies of a leg amputation.

Cast

Awards and nominations

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Award Category Recipients Result Notes
57th Golden Horse AwardsBest Original ScreenplayChang Yao-sheng, Chung Mong-hongNominated[8][7]
Best Leading ActressGwei Lun-meiNominated
Best Supporting ActorMichael ChangNominated
Best Makeup & Costume DesignHsu Li-wenNominated
2nd Taiwan Film Critics Society AwardsBest ScreenplayChang Yao-sheng, Chung Mong-hongNominated[9][10][11]
23rd Taipei Film AwardsBest MusicLuming LuWon[12]
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