The Journey (2014 Malaysian film)

The Journey
Official poster shows hot air balloon represents a journey with the film's title in Mandarin characters at centre, credits, and release date at bottom.
Theatrical release poster
Chinese一路有你
Hanyu PinyinYī lù yǒu nǐ
Directed byChiu Keng Guan
Screenplay byRyon Lee
Chan Yoke Yeng
Produced byChoo Chi Han
Heng Yee Jia
Starring
  • Ben Andrew Pfeiffer
  • Lee Sai Peng
  • Joanne Yew Hong Im
CinematographyEric Yeong
Edited byGwyneth Lee
Music byAlex San
Production
company
Woohoo Pictures Production
Distributed byAstro Shaw
Release date
  • 30 January 2014 (2014-01-30)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryMalaysia
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
English
BudgetRM3 million[1]
Box officeRM16.87 million[2]

The Journey (Chinese: 一路有你; pinyin: Yīlù yǒu nǐ; trans. "All the way with you") is a 2014 Malaysian Chinese-language comedy-drama film directed by Chiu Keng Guan and written by Ryon Lee.[3] The film stars Ben Andrew Pfeiffer, Lee Sai Peng and Joanne Yew Hong Im. The story follows a father that finally allows his daughter to wed an English lad with a condition that he shall follow him on a journey around the nation to deliver their wedding invitation.[4][5][6] The Journey was also invited to be screened at the 16th Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy.[7]

The Journey won four awards from six nominations on 27th Malaysian Film Festival (including Best non-Malay language film). As of December 2019, The Journey is currently ranked the tenth-highest grossing Malaysian film of all-time.

The movie is also available in original and dubbed-in-Malay versions on Astro First.

  1. ^ "Behind the Scenes of 'The Journey'". Variety. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  2. ^ "MALAYSIAN BOX OFFICE 2014". Finas.
  3. ^ "The Journey official website". 24 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  4. ^ "The Journey filem Cina Nusantara". KOSMO!. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  5. ^ Syafique, Shuib (6 September 2015). "MFF27 Lelaki Harapan Dunia wins Best Film Fazura bags Best Actress trophy". Astro Awani. Astro Awani Network. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  6. ^ Erny Suzira (7 September 2015). "75-year-old Frankie Lee wins Best Actor at FFM 27". Cinema Online. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  7. ^ "'The Journey' to premiere at prestigious film festival in Europe". Astro Awani. Astro Awani. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2021.