Apart Together

Apart Together
Film poster
Traditional Chinese團圓
Simplified Chinese团圆
Literal meaningReunion
Hanyu PinyinTuán yuán
Directed byWang Quan'an
Written byWang Quan'an
Jin Na
Produced by
  • Du Daning
  • Ouwen
  • Ruan Yusheng
  • Wang Le
  • Wang Quan'an
  • Wang Zhanliang
StarringLu Yan
CinematographyLutz Reitemeier
Edited byWu Yixiang
Music byNina Peng
Production
company
Lightshades Film Productions
Release date
Running time
97 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageShanghainese

Apart Together (Chinese: 团圆) is a 2010 Chinese drama film directed by Wang Quan'an. It was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival and won the Best Screenplay award.

Plot

A former Nationalist soldier (Feng Ling) who fled mainland China in 1949 returns home to his family years later. But his wife (Lu Yan) has a new common-law husband and he has never met his son before.

Cast

Accolades

DateAwardCategoryRecipient(s) and nominee(s)ResultNotes
201017th Beijing College Student Film FestivalBest DirectorWang Quan'anWon
60th Berlin International Film FestivalGolden BearApart TogetherNominated
Silver Bear for Best ScreenplayWang Quan'an and Jin NaWon
Best Supporting ActorXu CaigenNominated
201128th Golden Rooster AwardsBest Supporting ActorXu CaigenWon
China Image Film FestivalBest FilmApart TogetherWon
Best ActressLu YanWon
2014Beijing International Film FestivalChinese StoryApart TogetherNominated

References

  1. ↑ "60th Berlin International Film Festival: Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "| Berlinale | The Festival | Awards & Juries | Prizes International Jury". www.berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 16 December 2006.
  3. 1 2 "David Hudson review".
  4. 1 2 王全安寻亲电影《团圆》角逐柏林电影节金熊奖. Tencent (in Chinese). 20 January 2010.
  5. ↑ 第47届台湾电影金马奖完整提名名单. Tencent (in Chinese). 9 November 2010.
  6. ↑ 图文:金鸡奖后台-徐才根凭《团圆》获最佳男配. sina (in Chinese). 22 October 2010.
  7. 1 2 万像华语电影节闭幕 王全安《团圆》成最大赢家. Mtime (in Chinese). 26 September 2011.
  8. ↑ 北京电影节首批片单出炉 66部佳片上榜. sina (in Chinese). 1 April 2014.