Have a Nice Day (film)

For the 2023 Mexican film, see Have a Nice Day! (film).

Have a Nice Day
Film poster
Directed byLiu Jian
Written byLiu Jian
Produced byLiu Jian
Yang Cheng
StarringYang Siming
Cao Kou
Ma Xiaofeng
Zhu Changlong
Cao Kai
Zheng Yi
Edited byMilitia Xiao Liu
Music byThe Shanghai Restoration Project
Production
companies
Nezha Bros. Pictures
Le-joy Animation Studio
Release date
  • 17 February 2017 (2017-02-17) (Berlin)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin[1] (Nanjing dialect[2])
BudgetLess than CN¥10 million[3]

Have a Nice Day (Chinese: 大世界; pinyin: Dàshìjiè)[4] is a 2017 Chinese adult animated black comedy crime-thriller film directed by Liu Jian.[5] It premiered in the main competition for the Golden Bear at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2017.[6] It is Liu Jian's second feature film, following his debut Piercing I.[7] The film, mostly done by Liu himself, took three years to complete.[3]

Its plot revolves around the journey of Xiao Zhang, a young driver working for a gang, who steals a bag from his boss containing a million yuan (approximately US$150,000) to fund a trip to South Korea for his girlfriend to save her failed plastic surgery in Nanjing, Jiangsu.

The film was withdrawn from the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in June 2017 at its producer's demand as it did not have proper governmental clearance to be screened internationally.[8]

Strand Releasing distributed the film in US while Memento Films International handled additional territories including the UK, Mexico, Spain, Benelux, Switzerland, Greece, Turkey and Eastern Europe.[7] The film has been licensed to screen in more than 30 countries. In China, the premiere of the film took place at the Pingyao International Film Festival in early November 2017, with a guest appearance by Chinese film director Jia Zhangke, who praised the film as a milestone in Chinese animation.[9]

The film won Best Animation Feature at the 54th Golden Horse Awards.[10]

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  9. ^ "Fans can look forward to Liu Jian's latest animation film". China Daily. 16 November 2017. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  10. ^ "金馬獎／第54屆金馬獎完整得獎名單！". ETtoday新聞雲 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.