The Continent (film)

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| name = The Continent

| image = Continent 2014 film poster.jpg

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| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Han Han

| producer =

| writer = Han Han

| starring = Feng Shaofeng
Chen Bolin
Wallace Chung
Wang Luodan
Yuan Quan
Joe Chen

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| released = {{Film date|2014|7|24}}

| runtime = 100 minutes

| country = China

| language = Mandarin

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| gross = US$100.1 million{{cite web|url= http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/Default.aspx?week=2014-08-11|title= Weekly box office 11/08/2014 - 17/08/2014|accessdate= 2014-08-18|work= english.entgroup.cn|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20141013093534/http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/Default.aspx?week=2014-08-11|archivedate= 2014-10-13}}

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The Continent ({{zh|s=后会无期|c=|t=後會無期}}) is a 2014 Chinese road comedy film written and directed by Han Han.{{cite web |url= http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/continent-lands-at-china-box-office |title= Continent lands at China box office |date=2014-07-28 |accessdate= 2014-07-28 |work= Film Business Asia}}{{cite web|url= http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/bona-announces-q1-2014-results|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140602195459/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/bona-announces-q1-2014-results|url-status= dead|archive-date= June 2, 2014|title= Bona announces Q1 2014 results|author= Kevin Ma|date= June 1, 2014|accessdate= June 1, 2014|work= Film Business Asia}} It stars Feng Shaofeng and Chen Bolin as inexperienced young men living on an island in the East China Sea as they journey across the Chinese mainland. The film was released in China on July 24, 2014.{{cite web |url= http://yule.sohu.com/20140703/n401726402.shtml |script-title=zh:王珞丹谈《后会无期》 “苏米有独特的三观” |date=2014-07-03 |accessdate= 2014-07-03 |work= Sohu |language=Chinese}}

Synopsis

Three young men, Ma Haohan, Jiang He, and Hu Sheng, live on a small island in eastern China. Facing significant life changes and driven by different motivations, they leave the island, embark on a road trip across the mainland, and set off on an unknown journey of self-discovery.

The journey is both humorous and melancholic. Along the way, they navigate the challenges of friendship, family, and love, encountering a childhood friend still chasing his dreams, a longtime pen pal whose decade-long romance takes an unexpected turn, and a trusting individual who loses everything.

Through these experiences, they undergo profound self-reflection, ultimately altering the course of their lives. While Haohan and Jiang He persist to the journey's end, they each choose vastly different paths forward.

Cast

Production

Production began on February 14, 2014, and wrapped on May 26, 2014. The production team scouted from five locations for filming, which included Shanghai, Xichang, Chifeng, Mount Putuo in Zhoushan, and Dongji Island. One of the leads, Feng Shaofeng, was injured when the filming process was nearly finished.

Release

The Continent was produced by Beijing Lorry Ltd, Hangzhou Guomai Media Ltd, and Bona Film Group Ltd. It was released in China on July 24, 2014.

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