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The Great Buddha+
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Wikipedia article
'The Great Buddha+' is a 2017 Taiwanese dark comedy film written and directed by Huang Hsin-yao. It is Huang's feature film directorial debut. It won the top prize at the 19th Taipei Film Festival and received 10 nominations at the 54th Golden Horse Awards, winning Best Adapted Screenplay and Best New Director for Huang. It was released in theaters on October 13, 2017. It was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Premise
The night security guard at a Buddha statue factory, along with his friend, a recyclables collector, becomes entangled in a web of dark secrets after stumbling upon videos that document the promiscuous meetings of the factory's wealthy owner.
Cast
and the film cast
* Cres Chuang as Pickle
* Bamboo Chen as Belly Button
* Leon Dai as Kevin
* Na Dow as Peanut
* Chang Shao-huai as Sakya
* Ting Kuo-lin as Yeh Feng-ju
* JC Lei as Gucci
* Chen Yi-wen as Kao
* Vincent Liang as Police chief
* Yu An-shun as Police officer
* Jutoupi as Singer
* Lee Yung-feng as Deputy speaker
* Lin Mei-hsiu as Senior
* Cheng Yu-tong (Evelyn Cheng) as Kao's secretary
* Hsien Tuo (as Tuo-Shen Chen) as Pickle's Uncle
Production
The film is an extension of director Huang Hsin-yao's 2014 Golden Horse Award-nominated short, 'The Great Buddha' (). According to Huang, the inclusion of "+" in the feature's title is a reference to the Apple smartphone iPhone 6 Plus, which was released around the time when he began expanding his short to a feature. In an interview, Huang also clarified that 'The Great Buddha+' was not shot on iPhone.
Awards and nominations
See also
* List of submissions to the 91st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Taiwanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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