Blind Massage (Chinese: 推拿; pinyin: Tui Na) is a 2014 drama film directed by Lou Ye and based on the 2008 novel Massage by Bi Feiyu. The film entered into the competition for the Golden Bear at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]

Blind Massage
Directed byLou Ye
Screenplay byMa Yingli
Based onMassage
by Bi Feiyu
Produced byAn Nai
Kristina Larsen
Ling Li
Lou Ye
Wu Yi
Yong Wang
StarringGuo Xiaodong
Qin Hao
Zhang Lei
CinematographyZeng Jian
Edited byKong Jinlei
Music byJóhann Jóhannsson
Production
companies
Dream Factory
Les Films du Lendemain
Distributed byEDKO Film
Uplink
Release dates
  • 10 February 2014 (2014-02-10) (Berlin International Film festival)
  • 28 November 2014 (2014-11-28) (China)
Running time
114 minutes
CountriesChina
France
LanguageMandarin
Box office¥7.68 million (China)

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Reception

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The film entered into the competition for the Golden Bear at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] and won Silver Bear award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution. It received seven nominations at the 51st Golden Horse Film Awards, and won six, namely Best Feature Film, Best New Performer, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing and Best Sound Effects.

It has grossed ¥7.68 million at the Chinese box office.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Stephen Cremin (15 January 2014). "Trio from China compete in Berlin". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Competition Jan 15, 2014: Berlinale 2014: Competition Complete". berlinale.de. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  3. ^ Kevin Ma (December 23, 2014). "Bullets has RMB300 million opening weekend". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
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