A Leg (2020)
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A wife battles to keep her husband's body intact after he dies of a leg amputation.
In this deliciously dark comedy, a woman desperately attempts to reunite her husband's amputated leg with his body before his funeral, leading her on a wild goose chase across Taipei and through multiple encounters with bureaucracy, ineptitude, and her own recent past.
- Date of release
- 2020-12-24
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Romance
- Director
- Chang Yao-sheng
Casting
- Gwei Lun-Mei — Yu-Ying Qian
- Tony Yang Yo-Ning — Zi-Han Zheng
- Michael Chang — John
- Lee Lee-zen — Dr. Gao
- King Shih-chieh — President
- Lin Chih-ju — Wang Qian
- Chen Yi-wen — Senior Police Officer
- Li-Tung Chang — Junior Police Officer
- Wang Tzu-chiang — Messy Hair
- Yang Li-yin — Pathology Director Yang
- Liu Liang-tso — General Affairs Director Pan
- Shih Ming-shuai — Casino Mr. Chen
Interesting facts
A Leg is a 2020 Taiwanese dark romantic comedy drama film co-written and directed by Chang Yao-sheng, produced and co-written by Chung Mong-hong and starring Gwei Lun-mei and Tony Yang. The film was the opening film at the 2020 Golden Horse Film Festival on November 5, 2020. It screened at several film festivals including Tokyo International Film Festival and Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, and it was officially released in Taiwan on December 24, 2020. It received 4 nominations at the 57th Golden Horse Awards, including Best Original Screenplay, Best Leading Actress for Gwei, Best Supporting Actor for Michael, Best Makeup & Costume Design.
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