Love Education

2017 film directed by Sylvia Chang

Love Education

Theatrical release poster

Traditional Chinese| 相愛相親
Simplified Chinese| 相爱相亲
Hanyu Pinyin| Xiāng ài xiāng qīn
Directed by| Sylvia Chang
Written by| Sylvia Chang
You Xiaoying
Produced by| Patricia Cheng
Starring| Sylvia Chang
Tian Zhuangzhuang
Lang Yueting
Song Ningfeng
Wu Yanshu
Cinematography| Mark Lee Ping-bing
Edited by| Matthieu Laclau
Music by| Kay Huang

Production
companies

Beijing Hairun Pictures
Dream Creek Productions

Distributed by| Applause Entertainment (Taiwan)

Release dates

* October 21, 2017 (2017-10-21) (Busan)
* November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03) (China)
* November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17) (Taiwan)

Running time

| 120 minutes
Countries| China
Taiwan
Language| Mandarin
Box office| NT$5 million (Taiwan)[1] US$26 million (Mainland China)[2]

Love Education is a 2017 Chinese-Taiwanese drama film directed and co-written by Sylvia Chang. It stars Chang, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Lang Yueting, Song Ningfeng, and Wu Yanshu. It focuses on three generations of women in Henan Province.[3][4][5]

The film received critical acclaim, with many praising the screenplay and direction, as well as the performances of Wu, Tian, and Chang.

## Plot[edit]

Love Education is a story of family and love, involving three women of different ages. Weiwei, nearly 30, has reached the age where she is able to marry. Her love life is in danger of her past, with her work causing troubles with her mother, Huiying, unable to understand it fully. Huiying is a middle-aged teacher who is about to retire, and takes on all arrangements after her mother's death, as she and her husband, Xiaoping, depend on each other but the couple suffer from emotional miscommunication. Nana, the 90-year-old grandma who has lived alone for decades, finds her life interrupted Huiying's sudden visit, and brings up the history of a bittersweet love affair. Through the three generations of women who share different views on life and love, they must find a way to connect as they meet together.

## Cast[edit]

* Sylvia Chang as Qiu Huiying
* Tian Zhuangzhuang as Yin Xiaoping
* Lang Yueting as Weiwei
* Wu Yanshu as Nana
* Song Ning as A-da
* Geng Le as Lu Mingwei
* Sitar Tan as Zhu Yin
* Rene Liu
* Li Xuejian
* Wang Zhiwen

## Production[edit]

The city and rural scenes were filmed in Zhengzhou and Luoyang, respectively.[6]

## Awards and nominations[edit]

Award  | Category  | Recipients  | Result  | Ref.

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25th Beijing College Student Film Festival | Best Film | Love Education | Nominated | [7]
Jury Award | Nominated
Best Actor | Tian Zhuangzhuang | Nominated
Best Actress | Wu Yanshu | Nominated
Best Screenplay | Sylvia Chang, You Xiaoying | Won | [8]
23rd Huading Awards | Best Director  | Sylvia Chang  | Nominated  | [9]
Best Actress  | Nominated
Best Supporting Actress  | Lang Yueting  | Nominated
9th China Film Director's Guild Awards | Best Film  | Love Equation | Nominated  | [10][11]
Best Hong Kong/Taiwan Director  | Sylvia Chang  | Won
Best Actor  | Tian Zhuangzhuang  | Nominated
Best Actress  | Sylvia Chang  | Nominated
Best Screenwriter  | Sylvia Chang, You Xiaoying  | Won
37th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Film | Patricia Cheng  | Nominated  | [12][13]
Best Director | Sylvia Chang  | Nominated
Best Screenplay | Sylvia Chang, You Xiaoying | Won
Best Actor | Tian Zhuangzhuang | Nominated
Best Actress | Sylvia Chang | Nominated
Best Supporting Actress | Wu Yanshu | Nominated
Best Cinematography | Mark Lee Ping-bing | Nominated
Best Original Film Score | Kay Huang | Nominated
Best Original Film Song | "Flowers in Blossom"
Composer: Kay Huang
Lyrics: Lam Kwun-fan
Performer: Sitar Tan | Nominated
12th Asian Film Awards | Best Director | Sylvia Chang | Nominated  | [14][15]
Best Actress | Won
Best Supporting Actor | Tian Zhuangzhuang | Nominated
Best Supporting Actress | Wu Yanshu  | Nominated
Best Screenplay  | Sylvia Chang, You Xiaoying  | Nominated
54th Golden Horse Awards | Best Feature Film | Love Education | Nominated  | [16]
Best Director | Sylvia Chang  | Nominated
Best Leading Actor | Tian Zhuangzhuang  | Nominated
Best Leading Actress | Sylvia Chang  | Nominated
Best Supporting Actress | Wu Yanshu  | Nominated
Best Original Screenplay | Sylvia Chang and You Xiaoying  | Nominated
Best Original Film Song  | "Flowers in Blossom"
Composer: Kay Huang
Lyrics: Lam Kwun-fan
Performer: Sitar Tan | Nominated
Piaget Award  | Love Education | Won  | [17]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "TFI-國家電影中心 Taiwan Film Institute - 電影票房資訊-每週票房公告". www.tfi.org.tw. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
2. ^ "Love Education (2017) China Box Office". entgroup. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
3. ^ "張艾嘉獻給所有女人的情書，《相親相愛》拍出三代動人愛情". Vogue.com.tw. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
4. ^ "張艾嘉耗時4年自導自演 《相愛相親》陣容堅強 - 即時新聞 - 20170831 - 蘋果日報". Appledaily.com.tw. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
5. ^ "'Love Education': Busan Review". Screendaily.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
6. ^ Lee, Maggie (16 October 2017). "Busan Film Review: 'Love Education'". Variety.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
7. ^ "第二十五届北京大学生电影节闭幕式暨颁奖典礼圆满落幕". Tencent (in Chinese). May 7, 2018.
8. ^ "大影节冯小刚获最佳导演 杨幂拿下最受欢迎女演员". Sina (in Chinese). May 6, 2018.
9. ^ "第23届华鼎奖提名：《战狼2》、《芳华》双雄逐鹿". Sina (in Chinese). March 20, 2018.
10. ^ "电影导演协会2017年度入围名单揭晓 吴京入围最佳导演". ifeng (in Chinese). February 27, 2018.
11. ^ "导演协会年度表彰《嘉年华》《芳华》 周冬雨影后". Sina (in Chinese). April 22, 2018.
12. ^ "Hong Kong Film Awards: 'Our Time Will Come' Leads Noms With 11". The Hollywood Reporter.
13. ^ "Our Time Will Come wins five awards, including best film, at star-studded Hong Kong Film Awards". South China Morning Post. April 15, 2018.
14. ^ "'Legend Of The Demon Cat' leads Asian Film Awards nominations". Screen Daily.
15. ^ "Asian Film Awards: 'Youth' Wins Top Prize From 'Demon Cat'". Variety. March 17, 2018.
16. ^ "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". Goldenhorse.org.tw. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
17. ^ "惠英紅主演電影先拔頭籌奪「金馬獎」". on.cc東網 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)).

## External links[edit]

* Love Education at IMDb
* Love Education at Mtime.com (archived) (in Chinese)

* v
* t
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Films directed by Sylvia Chang

* Mary from Beijing (1992)
* In Between (Unwed Mother segment) (1994)
* Siao Yu (1995)
* Tonight Nobody Goes Home (1996)
* Tempting Heart (1999)
* 20 30 40 (2004)
* Run Papa Run (2008)
* Murmur of the Hearts (2015)
* Love Education (2017)

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