The Wonderful Wedding is a 2015 Taiwanese comedy film starring Chu Ke-liang, Ruby Lin, Li Dongxue, Kou Hsi-shun and Lin Mei-hsiu.[2] A meet-the-parents-of-fiancée comedy, it pokes fun at the cultural and linguistic differences between Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan and Beijing in northern China.[3]
| The Wonderful Wedding | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 大囍臨門 |
| Simplified Chinese | 大喜临门 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Dà Xǐ Lín Mén |
| Hokkien POJ | Tōa Hí Lîm Mn̂g |
| Directed by | Huang Chao-liang |
| Screenplay by | Li Hui Juan Zhou Yuan Jiao |
| Produced by | Kevin Chu |
| Starring | Chu Ke-liang Ruby Lin Li Dongxue Kou Hsi-shun Lin Mei-hsiu |
| Edited by | Chen Bo Wen |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Huayi Brothers mm2 Entertainment |
Release dates |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Countries | Taiwan China |
| Languages | Mandarin Taiwanese |
Typical for a comedy starring Chu Ke-liang, it was released a day before the Chinese New Year in Taiwan.
Plot
editA protective father's unreasonable obsession with traditions nearly derails his daughter's wedding.
Cast
edit- Chu Ke-liang as Li Jin Shuang
- Ruby Lin as Li Shu Fen
- Li Dongxue as Gao Fei
- Kou Hsi-shun as Gao Shou
- Lin Mei-hsiu as Qian Song Yi
- Lin Mei-chao
- Akio Chen
- Xia Yi as Zhang Jing
- Huang Hsi Tien
- Su Zhu
- Wang Tsai-hua
- Weather Girls
- JJ Lin (Cameo)
- Richie Jen (Cameo)
- Lan Cheng-lung (Cameo)
Soundtrack
editBoth songs were written by Chen Kuo-hua.
- Theme song 1: "Hoa Hee Lai Cha Cha" (歡喜來恰恰; "Happy, Come Cha-Cha")[4]
- Language: Hokkien
- Performer: Jacky Chen, Ric, Daniel Luo, Kuo Chin-fa
- Theme song 2: "Hao Xiang Hao Xiang Ni" (好想好想你; "Really, Really Miss You")
- Language: Mandarin
- Performer: 九九 Sophie Chen
Box office
editThe Wonderful Wedding was the top domestic film of the Chinese New Year holidays in Taiwan, breaking the NT$100 million (US$3.15 million) mark in 5 days.[5] The Wonderful Wedding made NT$54.96 million (US$1.74 million) in Taipei after four weekends.[6]
References
edit- ^ 《大喜临门》定档3月6日 "紫薇格格"嫁给"果郡王" XinhuaNET.com 4 February 2015
- ^ "The Wonderful Wedding (2015)". chinesemov. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ 《大喜临门》台湾将映 李东学戏中迎娶林心如 ent.163.com 23 January 2015
- ^ 影／郭金發、羅時豐等4位金曲歌王飆歌 "歡喜來恰恰" Ettoday. November 11, 2014.
- ^ Kingsman tops Taipei CNY box office. Film Business Asia. February 25, 2015.
- ^ Cinderella has fairytale opening across Greater China filmbiz.asia. March 17, 2015. Archived April 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- The Wonderful Wedding at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- Official Facebook (in Chinese)
- (in Chinese) Official trailer
- (in Chinese) MV of theme song 1
- (in Chinese) MV of theme song 2