en Classmates Minus

Classmates Minus
Classmates Minus
	Film poster
Traditional Chinese	同學麥娜絲
Simplified Chinese	同学麦娜丝
Hanyu Pinyin	Tóngxué mài nà sī
Hokkien POJ	Tông-o̍h Ma̋i-ná-suh
Directed by	Huang Hsin-yao
Written by	Huang Hsin-yao
Based on	Bluffing; by Huang Hsin-yao
Produced by	Chung Mong-hong; Yeh Ju-feng; Sung Ming-chung; Jessie Ho; Zeng Han-ting; Li Heng-jie
Starring	Shih Ming-shuai; Cheng Jen-shuo; Nadow Lin; Liu Kuan-ting; Chen Yi-wen
Cinematography	Chung Mong-hong
Edited by	Lai Hsiu-hsiung
Production; companies	Cream Film Production; Mandarin Vision;
Distributed by	Applause Entertainment Limited Taiwan; Netflix
Release dates	5 November 2020 (57th Golden Horse Awards); 20 November 2020 (Taiwan);
Running time	122 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Languages	Mandarin ; Taiwanese Hokkien
Box office	NT$44,855,962

Classmates Minus (Chinese: 同學麥娜絲) is a 2020 Taiwanese political black comedy-drama film written and directed by Huang Hsin-yao, and starring Shih Ming-shuai, Cheng Jen-shuo, Nadow Lin, Liu Kuan-ting and Chen Yi-wen. The film was screened at the 57th Golden Horse Awards on November 5, 2020, and it had seen a theatrical release in Taiwan on the 20th of the same month. It was available for streaming worldwide via Netflix on February 20, 2021.^[4]

Synopsis

Four school buddies — a director, a temp worker, an insurance salesman and a paper craftsman — grapple with unfulfilled dreams amid middle age ennui.

Award	Category	Recipients	Result	Notes
57th Golden Horse Awards	Best Feature Film	"Classmates Minus"	Nominated	^[5]^[6]
	Audience Choice Award	"Classmates Minus"	Won
	Best Adapted Screenplay	Huang Hsin-yao	Nominated
	Best Director	Huang Hsin-yao	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Nadow Lin	Won
	Best Supporting Actor	Cheng Jen-shuo	Nominated
	Best Film Editing	Lai Hsiu-hsiung	Nominated
	Best Cinematography	Chung Mong-hong	Nominated
	Best Art Direction	Chao Shih-hao	Won
	Best Original Film Score	Ko Ren-chien, Eddie Tsai	Nominated