Chih-Yen Hsu
as Director
Dear Ex
English,Español,Filipino,Français,Indonesian,Malay,Português,اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ,বাংলা,中文
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Description
The comedy film Dear Ex, starring Roy Chiu, Ying-Hsuan Hsieh, Spark Chen, etc., directed by Chih-Yen Hsu, was released on November 2, 2018 in Taiwan. It tells the story of A teenage boy and his mother are further driven apart when they find out that his father's life insurance policy is to be received by his lover. This is a Comedy, Drama, Romance film with a runtime of 100 minutes and its worldwide box office is not listed in the available detail data. It has received a rating of 7.3/10 from 7,091 viewers.
Top Cast
Mag Hsu
as Director
Roy Chiu
as Jay
Ying-Hsuan Hsieh
as Liu Sanlian
Spark Chen
as Song Zhengyuan
Joseph Huang
as Song Chengxi
Fang Wan
as Consultant
Ai-Lun Kao
as Jay's Mother
Cheng-Chun Liang
as Stage Manager Allen
Li-Yin Yang
as Sanlian's sister
Hsin-Ling Chung
as Radio Voice
Kaier
as Insurance Salesman
Ting-Chien Wu
as Director
Clover Kao
as Actress Lin Wenru
Zhe Ahn
as Actor Ahn Zhe
87gongzhu
as Stage Actress (17 years ago)
Yun-Hsuan Chen
as Stage Actress (17 years ago)
Hsi-Che Su
as Stage Actor (17 years ago)
Yen-Feng Fan-Chiang
as Stage Actor (17 years ago)
Min-Fu Chou
as Flirting Man
Shih-yuan Lu
as Writer
Mag Hsu
as Writer
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Filming Location
127A Smithfield Road, Frederiksted, Virgin Islands
Production
Castle Rock Entertainment
Award
21 wins & 43 nominations total
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User Review
Good movie!
Good movie!
Good movie!
Good movie!
Good movie!
Good movie!
source: Dear Ex
Taiwanese senior teleplay writer Mag Hsu's feature film debut, co-directed with Hsu Chih-Yen, an indigenous winner in the 55th Golden Horse Awards (winning 3 awards: BEST LEADING ACTRESS, BEST EDITING and BEST ORIGINAL SONG out of 8 nominations), DEAR EX uncharacteristically employs a comical tone to grapple with the harsh aftermath of bereavement, a closeted gay man Song Zhengyuan (Chen, lead vocalist of the local rock band Quarterback) dies of cancer, but to his ex-wife Liu Sanlian's (Hsieh) astonishment, instead of leaving his insurance payout to their teenage son Chengxi (Huang), the beneficiary turns out to be Song's male lover Ah Jie (Chiu), a nasty fight over pecuniary compensation apparently bubbles on the horizon, but DEAR EX has a much larger heart in its nexus.... continue reading my review on my blog: cinema omnivore, thanks!
The story is very well written, while the actors and actresses act very excellent. The combination between beautiful story and incredible actors/actresses create this movie have a strong emotional relation with the viewer. This movie make me to create an IMDB account to review them!
I didn't know it's a movie about the love of two men at first but then it's coming to mind just after a few minutes of watching, thru the eyes and persective of a teenager whose father was one of the men. And the mother is the one who suffer the most, yes? NO! just watch the movie till the very end. Taiwan is developing its skills in the movie industry recently. This is heart wrenching. This is what you need in this society. You need to pay attention to every frame 'cause they are kind of mixed up and kind of confusing about time but it's worth your time. This would pull tears down your cheeks.
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