Dear Ex (2018)

Original title

誰先愛上他的

Directed by

Chih-Yen Hsu, Mag Hsu

Genre

comedy film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 158 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

After his father dies, a teenager finds himself stuck between his angry mother and the man who was his father's lover. The two adults fight over insurance money and unresolved feelings, while the boy tries to understand what his father truly wanted.

bittersweettenseemotionally complexwrygrief-strickenpersonalquietly funnypoignant

What happens

Dear Ex (Chinese: 誰先愛上他的; lit. 'Who Fell in Love with Him First?') is a 2018 Taiwanese drama film directed by Mag Hsu and Hsu Chih-yen, from a screenplay by Lu Shih-yuan and Mag Hsu. It stars Roy Chiu, Hsieh Ying-xuan, Spark Chen, and Joseph Huang. It follows a teenager becoming trapped in the middle of a bitter feud between his willful mother and a free-spirited man, who is both the lover and insurance beneficiary of his recently deceased father. The film had its world premiere at the 20th Far East Film Festival on 22 April 2018, and was theatrically released in Taiwan on 2 November 2018, by Warner Bros. It received generally positive reviews from critics and was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. At the 55th Golden Horse Awards, it earned eight nominations, including Best Feature Film and Best Leading Actor (for Chiu), and won in three categories: Best Leading Actress (for Hsieh), Best Original Film Song (for "Bali Song"), and Best Film Editing. The film also won Best Narrative Feature, Best Actor (for Chiu), Best Actress (for Hsieh), and the Press Award at the 20th Taipei Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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