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Dec 24, 2020 · A Leg: Directed by Yaosheng Chang. With Gwei Lun-Mei, Yo Yang, Shao-Huai Chang, Li-Tung Chang. A wife battles to keep her husband's body intact after he dies of a leg amputation.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Yaosheng Chang
- 2020-12-24
- ‘Til Death Do Us (Body) Part
- Let Me Speak to Your (Hospital) Manager
- A Leg Up For Awards Season?
During A Leg’s first few minutes, we observe the lives of husband and wife duo Zheng Zi-han (Yang You-ning) and Qian Yu-ying (Gwei Lun-mei) quickly fall apart in a hospital. First, a deadpan doctor informs Qian that Zheng must have his leg amputated due to a blood infection; Zheng undergoes the amputation, only to unexpectedly slip into a coma and ...
While Yang You-ning provides a solid depiction of a flawed Zheng Zi-han, Gwei Lun-mei’s performance as Qian Yu-ying deserves dedicated praise. As Qian pesters everyone from the hospital’s janitor to its president, she starts seeming a bit like a Taiwanese rendition of the American “Karen” meme of women demandingto “speak to your manager.” Yet, whil...
With A Leg, what could’ve been the tale of an annoying “Karen” instead becomes an elegant and nuanced exploration of how marriage—like a diseased leg—can slowly rot away due to selfishness and lack of care. Strong acting, evocative visuals, and droll jokes aptly weaved into a captivating narrative help the film fare much better than Zheng Zi-han’s ...
Dec 24, 2020 · 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.
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. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres.
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- Chang Yao-Sheng
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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.
Jan 1, 2021 · Fri, Jan 01, 2021 page14. Movie review: A Leg. This film about a widow relentlessly trying to get the amputated leg of her dead husband from a hospital spends too much time on the romance and doesn’t do enough with the fascinating concept. By Han Cheung / Staff reporter.
