The Wasted Times

The Wasted Times
Poster
Chinese 罗曼蒂克消亡史
Directed by Cheng Er
Starring Ge You
Zhang Ziyi
Tadanobu Asano
Music by Shigeru Umebayashi
Production
companies
Huayi Brothers Media Group
Haikou Hanyou Media[1]
Release date
  • December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16) (China)
Country China
Hong Kong
Language Shanghainese, Mandarin, Japanese[2]
Box office CN¥104.9 million

The Wasted Times is a 2016 Chinese-Hong Kong thriller film directed by Cheng Er and starring Ge You, Zhang Ziyi and Tadanobu Asano.[3] It was released in China and the United States on December 16, 2016.[4]

Plot

Using a jumbled chronology, the movie depicts events in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and the Philippines between 1934 and 1945. The central characters are a Chinese gangster, Lu (Ge You); his brother-in-law, Watabe (Tadanobu Asano), who is Japanese but describes himself as Shanghainese and a film actress, Xiao Liu (Zhang Ziyi), who is married to Lu's boss but not faithful to him. Lu is ruthless, yet unwilling to collaborate with the Japanese as they prepare to invade China. Watabe pretends to oppose the Japanese military, but secretly works for them. Assigned to spirit Xiao Liu out of the city, he instead rapes her and imprisons her as a sex slave. At the end of the war, Lu and Xiao Liu travel to Luzon, where Watabe is a POW, to have their revenge.[5][6]

Cast[4]

Release

The film was previously scheduled for release in China on October 3, 2015.[3] It was released in China on December 16, 2016.

Awards and nominations

Year(s)Award(s)CategoriesRecipientsResultsCitation(s)
201711th Asian Film AwardsBest CinematographyDu JieNominated
[7]
Best Costume DesignKenneth Yee Chung-manNominated
24th Beijing College Student Film FestivalBest FilmThe Wasted TimesWon
Best DirectorCheng ErNominated
Best ScreenplayNominated
31st Golden Rooster AwardsBest DirectorNominated[8]
Best CinematographyDu JieNominated
Best SoundZhu YanfengNominated
Best Art DirectionHan ZhongNominated
17th Chinese Film Media AwardsBest FilmThe Wasted TimesNominated[9]
Best DirectorCheng ErNominated
Best ActorGe YouNominated
Best ActressZhang ZiyiNominated
Best Supporting ActorTadanobu AsanoNominated
Best Supporting ActressGillian ChungNominated
Yan NiNominated
9th Macau International Movie FestivalBest DirectorCheng ErNominated[10][11]
Best ActorGe YouWon
Best ActressZhang ZiyiWon
Best Supporting ActorDu ChunNominated
Best Supporting ActressYan NiNominated
Best NewcomerLu XingWon
201814th Changchun Film FestivalBest ActressZhang ZiyiWon[12]

Reception

The film has grossed CN¥104.9 million in China.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "罗曼蒂克消亡史（2016）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  2. ↑ "The Wasted Times (2016)". imdb.com
  3. 1 2 Ma, Kevin (June 26, 2015). "China Lion acquires Huayi trio from IM Global". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "罗曼蒂克消亡史 (2016)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Film Review: The Wasted Times". filmjournal.com
  6. ↑ "Review: ‘The Wasted Times,’ a Hopscotching Shanghai Crime Tale". nytimes.com
  7. ↑ "11th Asian Film Awards – Nominees 2017". Asianfilmfestivals.com Retrieved 2nd March 2017
  8. ↑ "金鸡奖提名：《潘金莲》领跑 范冰冰周冬雨再争影后". ifeng (in Chinese). August 16, 2017.
  9. ↑ "第17届华语电影传媒盛典公布提名名单". Mtime (in Chinese). August 29, 2017.
  10. ↑ "2017年第九屆澳門國際電影節獎項提名名單". Macau International Movie Festival Official Website (in Chinese).
  11. ↑ "2017年第九屆澳門國際電影節獎名單". Macau International Movie Official Website (in Chinese).
  12. ↑ "14th Changchun Film Festival concludes in China's Jilin". Xinhua News Agency. 9 September 2018.


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