The Personals (1998)
1h 36m
Running Time
March 13, 1998Release Date
Plot.
An attractive and successful doctor places a personal ad in a newspaper to try to meet (and eventually marry) Mr. Right. A succession of blind dates ensues, featuring men who are lonely, desperate, dangerous and perverted.
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Cast & Crew.
René Liu
Dr. Du Jia-zhen
Wu Bai
WU Chun-lin, the musical instruments seller
Chao-jung Chen
CHEN Wu-shiung, the young man out of jail
Chen Chao-jung
CHEN Wu-shiung, the young man out of jail
Gu Bao-Ming
Actor
King Shih-Chieh
Yu Wen
Kuo-Fu Chen
Director
Eli Shih
Zheng Nan
Luo Bei An
Professor Luo
Shih-Chieh Chen
Writer
Doze Niu Cheng-Tse
Self
Wen-hsi Chen
Self
Hu-pin Chung
Producer
Hsueh-Liang Pu
Self
Hsu Li-kong
Producer
Lee Hsing
Producer
Sylvia Chang
Thanks
Steve Liu
Original Music Composer
Nan-hong Ho
Cinematography
Dar-lung Chang
Editor
Tang Shiang-Chu
Sound Recordist
Lee Hsing
Producer
Yi-Bai Wang
Production Designer
Chih-Hsiang Lin
Assistant Director
Chao-ming Wang
Media.
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Wiki.
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.