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{{Infobox film
| name = Blue Cha Cha
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| native_name = {{Infobox name module|zh|深海}}
| director = Chen Wen-Tang
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| starring = [[Tarcy Su]]<br />[[Lu Yi-ching]]
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| music = Cincin Lee
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| studio = Green Light Film
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| released = {{Film date|2005}}
| runtime = 107 minutes
| country = Taiwan
| language = [[Standard Chinese]]
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'''''Blue Cha Cha''''' ([[Standard Mandarin|Chinese]]: ''Shēn hǎi'', 深海) is a 2005 [[Taiwan]]ese film directed by [[Chen Wen-Tang]]. It was Taiwan's submission to the [[79th Academy Awards]] for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]], but was not accepted as a nominee.<ref name="VarietySubmissionList">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117952315.html?nav=news&categoryid=1985&cs=1|title=Oscar race counts 61 countries|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|author=Sneider, Jeff|date=2006-10-19|accessdate=2008-06-22|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205082611/http://www.variety.com/awardcentral|archive-date=2012-12-05|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="NZHeraldShortlist">{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10419560|title=Foreign language Oscar nominees announced|newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=2007-01-17|accessdate=2008-06-22}}</ref>

''Blue Cha Cha'' depicts Ah Yu ([[Tarcy Su]]), a woman in her thirties who has just been released from prison. She stays with an older women, An An ([[Lu Yi-ching]]), the proprietor of a girlie bar in the port town of [[Kaohsiung]], and attempts to form relationships with two men: businessman Chen Sang ([[Leon Dai]]) and factory worker Hao (Wei Lee).<ref name="variety">{{cite news |last1=Elley |first1=Derek |title=Review: Blue Cha-Cha |url=https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/blue-cha-cha-1200520717/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=3 June 2021 |date=26 October 2005}}</ref><ref name="ucla">{{cite web |last1=Hu |first1=Brian |title=Save the last dance |url=https://international.ucla.edu/institute/article/46511 |publisher=UCLA International Institute |access-date=3 June 2021}}</ref>

The film did the rounds of the European film festival circuit, screening at the 2006 [[International Film Festival Rotterdam]],<ref name="iffr">{{cite web |title=Blue Cha Cha |url=https://iffr.com/en/2006/films/blue-cha-cha |website=IFFR |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref> the 2006 [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]],<ref name="karlovy">{{cite web |title=Blue Cha Cha / Shen Hai |url=https://www.kviff.com/en/programme/film/8/2159-blue-cha-cha |website=Karlovy Vary International Film Festival |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref> and the 33rd [[Brussels Independent Film Festival|Brussels International Independent Film Festival]] where it won the festival's Grand Prize.<ref name="bttw">{{cite news |title=Director Zheng Wentang: I want to keep the rookie spirit |url=https://www.businesstoday.com.tw/article/category/80407/post/201511190040/導演鄭文堂：我想保有菜鳥精神 |access-date=2 June 2021 |work=Business Today |date=19 November 2015 |language=zh}}</ref> In 2016, ten years after its release, the film screened as part of the [[Kaohsiung Film Festival]].<ref name="kff">{{cite web |title=Blue Cha-Cha |url=https://www.kff.tw/EN/film/filmDetail/565/891 |website=Kaohsiung Film Festival |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>

Actress [[Lu Yi-ching]] won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film at the 51st [[Asia-Pacific Film Festival]] in 2006.<ref name="apff">{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Nelson H. |title=Asia-Pacific fest falls for 'Unwanted Woman' |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/news/asia-pacific-fest-falls-for-unwanted-woman-1117954482/ |access-date=2 June 2021 |work=Variety |date=24 November 2006}}</ref> She was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the [[42nd Golden Horse Awards]] in 2005 but lost to [[Yuen Qiu]] for ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]''. At the same awards, the film's composer Cincin Lee won the Best Original Film Score award for the [[:zh:深海Blue Cha-Cha電影原聲帶|original soundtrack]].<ref name="gh42">{{cite web |title=42nd Golden Horse Awards |url=https://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/awards/nw?serach_type=flim&sc=8&search_regist_year=2005&ins=37 |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="taipeitimes">{{cite news |title=42nd Golden Horse Award Winners|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2005/11/14/2003280171 |access-date=3 June 2021 |work=Taipei Times |date=14 November 2005}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Film}}
*[[Cinema of Taiwan]]
*[[List of submissions to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{imdb title|id=0490004|title=Shen hai}}
{{Taiwanese submissions for the Academy Award}}
[[Category:2005 films]]
[[Category:Taiwanese-language films]]
[[Category:2005 drama films]]
[[Category:Taiwanese drama films]]
[[Category:Films set in Kaohsiung]]

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