Cape No. 7 (2008)

Original title

海角七號

Directed by

Wei Te-sheng

Genre

drama film, musical film, romantic comedy

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

2h 09m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 71 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A struggling musician in a small Taiwanese town forms an unlikely band to perform at a concert. Meanwhile, a love story from the past is revealed through a bundle of undelivered love letters.

romanticbittersweetheartfeltslow-burnnostalgicwhimsicalhopeful

What happens

Cape No. 7 (Chinese: 海角七號; pinyin: Hǎijiǎo Qī Hào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hái-kak Chhit-hō; Japanese: 海角七号; rōmaji: kaikaku nana gō) is a 2008 Taiwanese romantic musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Wei Te-sheng, his first full-length motion picture. The film is in Taiwanese and Mandarin with significant lines in Japanese. Before its commercial release, the film had its world premiere on 20 June 2008 at the 2008 Taipei Film Festival as the opening film. The film later won 3 awards at the festival. Prior to this film, the two leading actors Van Fan and Chie Tanaka only had minor acting experience while some of the supporting roles were filled by non-actors. Even without a strong promotional campaign, the film became hugely popular in Taiwan that on 1 November 2008 it became the second highest-grossing film in the country's cinematic history, behind James Cameron's Titanic. The film has grossed over US$13,804,531 since its release. It is also currently the highest grossing Taiwanese domestic film. The film has won 15 awards to date, including 6 at the 2008 Golden Horse Awards. It was also Taiwan's entry to compete in the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, although it did not secure a nomination. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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