The Message (2009 film)

The Message
Official poster
Directed byChen Kuo-fu
Gao Qunshu
Written byChen Kuo-fu
Zhang Jialu
Based onThe Message
by Mai Jia
Produced byChen Kuo-fu
Feng Xiaogang
Zhang Dajun
Wang Tianyun
StarringZhou Xun
Li Bingbing
Zhang Hanyu
Huang Xiaoming
Alec Su
CinematographyJake Pollock
Edited byYang Xiao
Music byMichiru Oshima
Production
companies
Distributed byHuayi Brothers
Release date
  • 30 September 2009 (2009-09-30)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryChina
LanguagesMandarin
Japanese
Budget$7 million
Box officeCN¥205.2 million

The Message (Chinese: 风声; pinyin: Fēngshēng, literally "Sound of the Wind") is a 2009 Chinese espionage thriller film set in 1942 Nanking, featuring a cast of top Chinese stars include Zhou Xun, Li Bingbing, Huang Xiaoming, Zhang Hanyu and Alec Su. The film was adapted from Mai Jia's 2007 novel, The Message (Chinese: 风声; pinyin: Fēngshēng), and was co-directed by Chen Kuo-fu and Gao Qunshu.

In addition to being a blockbuster, The Message has also received extensive critical acclaim and was nominated for a total of thirteen awards at the 2009 Golden Horse Film Festival, 2010 Asian Film Awards, 2010 Hong Kong Film Awards, and 2010 Hundred Flowers Awards. It won the best film award at 17th Beijing University Student Film Festival.[1] Li Bingbing won the Best Leading Actress Award at the 46th Golden Horse Film Awards for her role as the code-breaker chief in this movie.[2]

  1. ^ "第17届北京大学生电影节闭幕《风声》获最佳_娱乐频道_新华网". news.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on 2010-05-12.
  2. ^ "第46届台湾金马奖". 娱乐 凤凰网 (in Simplified Chinese).