To the Fore

To the Fore

Theatrical poster
Directed by Dante Lam
Starring Eddie Peng
Shawn Dou
Choi Siwon
Wang Luodan
Production
company
Release dates
  • August 6, 2015 (2015-08-06) (Hong Kong)
  • August 7, 2015 (2015-08-07) (China)
Running time
 125 minutes
Country Hong Kong
China
Language Mandarin
Box office US$23.21 million (China domestic gross only)[1]

To the Fore (traditional Chinese: 破風; simplified Chinese: 破风) is a 2015 Hong Kong-Chinese[2] sports drama film directed by Dante Lam, and starring Eddie Peng, Shawn Dou, Choi Siwon and Wang Luodan. The film was released on August 6, 2015 in Hong Kong, and August 7, 2015 in China.[3] The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[4][5]

Plot

The story is about a very passionate cyclist, Qiu Ming, who starts his cycling career in a team called Radiant. There he met his friends. After some time, the team had to break up because the team didn't have sufficient money to continue funding the team. The members were allocated to different teams. To The Fore is a half romance, half sport movie. It is mainly about the passion of the bicyclists participating in races, and a love affair between Qiu Ming and a girl.

Cast

Reception

Critical reception

Derek Elley of Film Business Asia gave the film a 4 out of 10, calling it a "dramatically lame drama about bicycle racers [that] never gets its wheels off the ground."[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Weekly box office > China Week 33 08/17 - 08/23/2015". entgroup.cn. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  2. ↑ "Film Review: ‘To the Fore’". Variety. 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
  3. ↑ "Trailer: Dante Lam, Eddie Peng Back In The Saddle For TO THE FORE". Twitch Film. 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
  4. ↑ Frater, Patrick (21 September 2015). "Hong Kong Selects ‘To The Fore’ as Oscar Contender". Variety. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Chu, Karen (21 September 2015). "Oscars: Hong Kong Picks 'To the Fore' for Foreign-Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Derek Elley (September 28, 2015). "To the Fore". Film Business Asia. Retrieved October 6, 2015.

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