''The Personals'' is a 1998 Taiwanese

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

film directed and co-written by Chen Kuo-fu, based on Jade Y. Chen's 1992 novel of the same name. The film follows a career woman ( Rene Liu) as she encounters a diverse bunch of men after placing a

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in the newspaper. It was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Liu won Best Actress at the 1999

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Cast

* Rene Liu as Du Jia-zhen, an ophthalmologist *Lo Pei-an as Lo Pei-an, Du Jia-zhen's former college instructor *

Chen Chao-jung Chen Chao-jung, also known as Aaron Chen, is a Taiwanese actor and businessman. He is known for starring in several of Tsai Ming-liang's films, including '' Rebels of the Neon God'' and '' Vive L'Amour''. He is also considered a household na ...

* Wu Bai *

Ku Pao-ming Ku Pao-ming (; 8 April 1950 – 19 March 2022) was a Taiwanese actor and comedian. He appeared with the in ''Art'' (2003), alongside Chin Shih-chieh and Lee Li-chun, as well as ''The Apartment'' (2006). Ku also performed in ''Legitimate Crimes'' ...

* Chin Shih-chieh *Shih Yi-nan *Pu Hsueh-liang *

Sisy Chen Sisy Chen or Chen Wen-hsien (; born 25 March 1958) is a Taiwanese journalist, television commentator, writer and former politician. She hosts ''Sisy's World News'', a weekly newscast at the Chung T'ien Television and ''UFO Dinner'', a daily radi ...

as herself * Doze Niu as himself

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* * 1998 films 1998 comedy-drama films Taiwanese comedy-drama films Films directed by Chen Kuo-fu Films based on Taiwanese novels Central Motion Picture Corporation films {{Taiwan-film-stub

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