Focus Taiwan
Date: 11/20/2020
By: William Yen and Chiang Yi-ching

Taipei, Nov. 20 (CNA) Taiwanese director Huang Hsin-yao's (黃信堯) comedy drama "Classmates Minus" won the non-competition Golden Horse Audience Choice Award at a ceremony in Taipei Friday night.

The ceremony was held at the Mandarin Oriental, Taipei a day ahead of the 57th Golden Horse Awards, which are widely considered the Oscars of Chinese language films.

The 122-minute color and black and white film is a drama set in Taiwan about four high school classmates who, through a series of events, ponder their life, aspirations and fate.

The film follows the four when they become a middle-aged director, white-collar worker, part-time office worker and paper offerings maker struggling through love, marriage and career, while also putting their friendship to the test, and examining society and human nature.   [FULL  STORY]