Breakup Buddies

Breakup Buddies
Breakup Buddies
	Official poster
Chinese	心花路放
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīn Huā Lù Fàng
Directed by	Ning Hao
Written by	Yue Xiaojun; Xing Aina; Sun Xiaohang; Dong Runnian; Zhang Disha; Zhang Yifan;
Produced by	Wang Yibing; Ling Hong;
Starring	Huang Bo; Xu Zheng;
Cinematography	Song Xiaofei
Edited by	Du Yuan
Music by	Nathan Wang; Dong Dongdong;
Production; companies	Injo Films; China Film Group; Beijing Galloping Horse Film; Beijing Asian Union Culture & Media Investment; Talent International Film; Beijing Shine Land Culture; Beijing Injo Production; Beijing HG & Injo Culture Investment Management; Beijing Skywheel Entertainment; Huang Bo Studio; Dongyang Dirty Monkey Films Production; China Movie Channel; Beijing Sankuai Technology;
Release dates	September 7, 2014 (TIFF); September 30, 2014 (China);
Running time	116 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin
Box office	US$195,300,000

Breakup Buddies is a 2014 Chinese romantic comedy and road film directed by Ning Hao.^[2] It stars Huang Bo and Xu Zheng as buddies on a wild 3,000-kilometre cross-country journey from Beijing to Dali City (via Zhangjiajie).

The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2014,^[3] and was released domestically on September 30, 2014. It grossed over $195 million to become one of the highest-grossing films in China.

Plot

Womanizer Hao Yi (Xu Zheng) takes his best friend Geng Hao (Huang Bo) on a road trip to Dali City in Yunnan — China's unofficial capital of one-night stands — to help him recover from a devastating divorce. Years before, Kang Xiaoyu (Yuan Quan) had traversed the same route to Dali where she met her future husband.

Cast

Huang Bo as Geng Hao
Xu Zheng as Hao Yi
Yuan Quan as Kang Xiaoyu
Zhou Dongyu as Zhou Lijuan, a.k.a. "Christina"
Tao Hui as Avatar girl
Yue Xiaojun as an innkeeper
Shen Teng as a bar owner
Zhang Li as a Si Qing
Jiao Junyan as Xiao Bei
Ma Su as Shasha
Liu Meihan
Xiong Naijin as Kang Xiaoyu's best friend
Liu Yiwei as a cop
Wang Yanhui as a crime boss
Lei Jiayin as a gangster
Yong Mengting as a cosplay girl
Liang Hao as Li Maomao, Zhou Lijuan's boyfriend
Guo Tao as Kang Xiaoyu's attorney (cameo)
Li Chen as Kang Xiaoyu's new lover (cameo)
Xia Yu as Kang Xiaoyu's ex (cameo)

Review

Derek Elley of Film Business Asia gave Breakup Buddies a 7 out of 10, calling it "Ning Hao's maturest film so far" and praising the performances as "strong".^[4]

Box office

The film grossed ¥1.16971 billion at the Chinese box office^[5] and a total of US$195.3 million internationally.^[1] The Guardian's Phil Hoad mentioning the film as one of "a few, giant, isolated local hits".^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Nancy Tartaglione and David Bloom (January 10, 2015). "'Transformers 4′ Tops 2014's 100 Highest-Grossing International Films – Chart". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
^ "CNing Hao Gets His Apatow On With New Comedy BREAKUP BUDDIES'". Archived from the original on 2014-10-04. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
^ "Toronto Film Festival Lineup Includes Denzel Washington's 'Equalizer,' Kate Winslet's 'A Little Chaos'". 22 July 2014. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
^ Elley, Derek (2014-11-20). "Breakup Buddies review". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 2016-01-10. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
^ 心花路放（2014）. www.cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
^ Phil Hoad (December 31, 2014). "Transformers 4 – machine-tooled for domination: 2014 global box office in review". theguardian.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2015.

External links

Breakup Buddies at IMDb

[chart-1] Nancy Tartaglione and David Bloom (January 10, 2015). "'Transformers 4′ Tops 2014's 100 Highest-Grossing International Films – Chart". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2015.

[2] "CNing Hao Gets His Apatow On With New Comedy BREAKUP BUDDIES'". Archived from the original on 2014-10-04. Retrieved August 21, 2014.

[3] "Toronto Film Festival Lineup Includes Denzel Washington's 'Equalizer,' Kate Winslet's 'A Little Chaos'". 22 July 2014. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.

[4] Elley, Derek (2014-11-20). "Breakup Buddies review". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 2016-01-10. Retrieved 2015-12-31.

[cbooo-5] 心花路放（2014）. www.cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2014.

[6] Phil Hoad (December 31, 2014). "Transformers 4 – machine-tooled for domination: 2014 global box office in review". theguardian.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2015.

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