The Breakup Guru
Appearance
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Traditional Chinese | 分手大師 |
Simplified Chinese | 分手大师 |
Hanyu Pinyin | fēnshǒu dàshī |
Directed by | Deng Chao Yu Baimei |
Written by | Baimei Yu |
Produced by | Rob Stanic Tim Purcell |
Starring | Deng Chao Yang Mi Guli Nazha Liu Yan |
Cinematography | Du Jie |
Edited by | Yiran Tu |
Release date |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
Country | China |
Language | Mandarin |
Box office | US$111.4 million (worldwide)[1] |
The Breakup Guru (Chinese: 分手大师) is a 2014 Chinese romantic-comedy-drama film directed by Deng Chao and Yu Baimei and also starring Deng Chao and Yang Mi.[2] The film was released on June 27, 2014.[3]
Plot
[edit]Mei Yuangui (Deng Chao), a professional 'Breakup Guru', who is hired by a client to end a relationship with Ye Xiaochun (Yang Mi). But his penchant and skill at breaking up couples without complication and worry is put to the test when a battle of wits ensues with Xiao Zhuang (Guli Nazha), risking his reputation and setting up the ultimate test of his services!
Cast
[edit]- Deng Chao as Mei Yuan Gui
- Yang Mi as Xiao Chun Ye
- Guli Nazha as Xiao Zhuang
- Liu Yan as Madam Tang
- Sun Li as herself
Reception
[edit]The film has earned US$107,440,000 in China.[4] It earned a total of US$111.4 million worldwide.[1]
On Film Business Asia, Derek Elley gave the film a grade of 6 out of 10.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nancy Tartaglione and David Bloom (January 10, 2015). "'Transformers 4′ Tops 2014's 100 Highest-Grossing International Films – Chart". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
- ^ "分手大师The Breakup Guru (2014)". movie.mtime.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2014-02-25.
- ^ "Film "The Breakup Guru" hits screen on June 27". Sina Corp. 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
- ^ "Weekly box office 21/07/2014 - 27/07/2014". english.entgroup.cn. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
- ^ Derek Elley (2014-08-04). "The Breakup Guru". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
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Categories:
- 2014 films
- Chinese romantic comedy-drama films
- Chinese films based on plays
- Films set in Beijing
- Films set in Mauritius
- Films shot in Beijing
- Films shot in Mauritius
- 2014 romantic comedy-drama films
- 2014 directorial debut films
- Films directed by Deng Chao
- Films directed by Baimei Yu
- 2010s Mandarin-language films
- 2010s Chinese film stubs