The Great Buddha+ is a 2017 Taiwanese dark comedy film written and directed by Huang Hsin-yao. It is Huang's feature film directorial debut. It won the top prize at the 19th Taipei Film Festival and received 10 nominations at the 54th Golden Horse Awards, winning Best Adapted Screenplay and Best New Director for Huang. It was released in theaters on October 13, 2017. It was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[2]
The Great Buddha+ | |
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Chinese | 大佛普拉斯 |
Mandarin | Dàfó Pǔlāsī |
Directed by | Huang Hsin-yao |
Screenplay by | Huang Hsin-yao |
Based on | The Great Buddha by Huang Hsin-yao |
Produced by | Yeh Ju-feng Chung Mong-hong |
Starring | Cres Chuang Bamboo Chen Leon Dai Na Dow |
Narrated by | Huang Hsin-yao |
Cinematography | Nagao Nakashima |
Edited by | Lai Hsiu-hsiung |
Music by | Lin Sheng-xiang |
Production companies | MandarinVision Cream Production |
Distributed by | Applause Entertainment Cheng Cheng Films |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | Taiwan |
Languages | Taiwanese Hokkien Mandarin English |
Box office | NT$28.4 million (Taiwan)[1] |
The night security guard at a Buddha statue factory, along with his friend, a recyclables collector, becomes entangled in a web of dark secrets after stumbling upon videos that document the promiscuous meetings of the factory's wealthy owner.
The film is an extension of director Huang Hsin-yao's 2014 Golden Horse Award-nominated short, The Great Buddha (大佛).[3] According to Huang, the inclusion of "+" in the feature's title is a reference to the Apple smartphone iPhone 6 Plus, which was released around the time when he began expanding his short to a feature.[4] In an interview, Huang also clarified that The Great Buddha+ was not shot on iPhone.[5]
Award | Category | Recipients | Result | Ref. |
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54th Golden Horse Awards | Best Feature Film | The Great Buddha+ | Nominated | [6] |
Best Supporting Actor | Leon Dai | Nominated | ||
Best New Director | Huang Hsin-yao | Won | ||
Best Adapted Screenplay | Huang Hsin-yao | Won | ||
Best Cinematography | Nagao Nakashima | Won | ||
Best Art Direction | Chao Shih-hao | Nominated | ||
Best Original Film Score | Lin Sheng-xiang | Won | ||
Best Original Film Song | "To Have, or Not to Have" Composer:Lin Sheng-xiang Lyrics: Ong Chiau-hoa Performer: Lin Sheng-xiang |
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Best Film Editing | Lai Hsiu-hsiung | Nominated | ||
Best Sound Effects | Tu Duu-chih and Wu Shu-yao | Nominated | ||
19th Taipei Film Awards | Grand Prize | The Great Buddha+ | Won | [7] |
Best Narrative Feature | The Great Buddha+ | Won | ||
Outstanding Artistic Contribution in Editing | Lai Hsiu-hsiung | Won | ||
Outstanding Artistic Contribution in Music | Lin Sheng-xiang | Won | ||
Outstanding Artistic Contribution in Art Direction | Chao Shih-hao | Won | ||
2017 Toronto International Film Festival | NETPAC Award | The Great Buddha+ | Won | [8][9] |
37th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan | The Great Buddha+ | Won | [10] |
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan | |
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