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The Personals (1998 Taiwanese film)
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Wikipedia article
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|director=Chen Kuo-fu
|producer=Hsu Li-kong
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|starring=Rene Liu
|language=Mandarin
|country=Taiwan
|runtime=104 minutes
|cinematography=Ho Nan-hong
|editing=Chang Dar-lung
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|studio=Central Motion Pictures
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'The Personals' is a 1998 Taiwanese comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Chen Kuo-fu, based on Jade Y. Chen's 1992 novel of the same name. The film follows a career woman (Rene Liu) as she encounters a diverse bunch of men after placing a personal advertisement in the newspaper. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Liu won Best Actress at the 1999 Asia-Pacific Film Festival.
Cast
*Rene Liu as Du Jia-zhen, an ophthalmologist
*Lo Pei-an as Lo Pei-an, Du Jia-zhen's former college instructor
*Chen Chao-jung
*Wu Bai
*Ku Pao-ming
*Chin Shih-chieh
*Shih Yi-nan
*Pu Hsueh-liang
*Sisy Chen as herself
*Doze Niu as himself
See also
*'Mr. Right Wanted', a 2014 Taiwanese TV series based on the same novel
References
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