Blind Massage

Blind Massage
Directed by	Lou Ye
Screenplay by	Ma Yingli
Based on	Massage by Bi Feiyu
Produced by	An Nai Kristina Larsen Ling Li Lou Ye Wu Yi Yong Wang
Starring	Guo Xiaodong Qin Hao Zhang Lei
Cinematography	Zeng Jian
Edited by	Kong Jinlei
Music by	Jóhann Jóhannsson
Production companies	Dream Factory Les Films du Lendemain
Distributed by	EDKO Film Uplink
Release dates	10 February 2014 (2014-02-10) (Berlin International Film festival) 28 November 2014 (2014-11-28) (China)
Running time	114 minutes
Countries	China France
Language	Mandarin
Box office	¥7.68 million (China)

Blind Massage (Chinese: 推拿; pinyin: Tui Na) is a 2014 drama film directed by Lou Ye and based on the 2008 novel Massage by Bi Feiyu. The film entered into the competition for the Golden Bear at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.^[1]

Cast

• Guo Xiaodong^[2]
• Qin Hao^[2]
• Zhang Lei^[2]
• Mei Ting
• Huang Xuan
• Huang Lu
• Wang Zhihua
• Huang Junjun
• Jiang Dan
• Mu Huaipeng

Reception

The film entered into the competition for the Golden Bear at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.^[1] and won Silver Bear award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution. It received seven nominations at the 51st Golden Horse Film Awards, and won six, namely Best Feature Film, Best New Performer, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing and Best Sound Effects.

It has grossed ¥7.68 million at the Chinese box office.^[3]

References

1. Stephen Cremin (15 January 2014). "Trio from China compete in Berlin". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
2. "Competition Jan 15, 2014: Berlinale 2014: Competition Complete". berlinale.de. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
3. Kevin Ma (December 23, 2014). "Bullets has RMB300 million opening weekend". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2014.

External links

• Blind Massage at IMDb