The Personals (1998 Taiwanese film)

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.^[1] Liu won Best Actress at the 1999 Asia-Pacific Film Festival.^[2]

The Personals
DVD cover art
Traditional Chinese	徵婚啓事
Simplified Chinese	征婚启事
Literal meaning	Marriage Wanted
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhēng Hūn Qǐ Shì
Directed by	Chen Kuo-fu
Screenplay by	Chen Kuo-fu (Chen Shih-chieh [zh]
Based on	Marriage Wanted by Jade Y. Chen
Produced by	Hsu Li-kong
Starring	Rene Liu
Cinematography	Ho Nan-hong
Edited by	Chang Dar-lung
Production company	Central Motion Pictures
Release date	13 March 1998 (1998-03-13)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Language	Mandarin

Cast

• Rene Liu as Du Jia-zhen, an ophthalmologist
• Lo Pei-an as Lo Pei-an, Du Jia-zhen's former college instructor
• Chen Chao-jung
• Wu Bai
• Ku Pao-ming
• Chin Shih-chieh
• Shih Yi-nan
• Pu Hsueh-liang
• Sisy Chen as herself
• Doze Niu as himself

See also

• Mr. Right Wanted, a 2014 Taiwanese TV series based on the same novel