# The Uniform
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{{Short description|2024 Taiwanese film by Chuang Ching-shen}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Uniform
| image = TheUniformPoster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none
| t = 夜校女生
}}
| director = Chuang Ching-shen
| producer = David Tang
| screenplay = Hsu Hui-fang
Wang Li-wen
| starring = [Buffy Chen](/source/Buffy_Chen)
[Chloe Xiang](/source/Chloe_Xiang)
| narrator =
| music = Sing Wu
| cinematography = Chen Chi-wen
| editing = John Chin
| studio = Renaissance Films
| distributor = Renaissance Films
| released = {{Film date|2024|10|5|[BIFF](/source/29th_Busan_International_Film_Festival)|2025|2|28|Taiwan|df=y}}
| runtime = 110 minutes
| country = Taiwan
| language = [Mandarin](/source/Mandarin_Chinese)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''The Uniform''''' ({{zh|t=夜校女生|link=no}}) is a 2024 Taiwanese drama film directed by Chuang Ching-shen and written by Hsu Hui-fang and Wang Li-wen. Starring [Buffy Chen](/source/Buffy_Chen) and [Chloe Xiang](/source/Chloe_Xiang), the film revolves around two girls in the day and night programs of the same school who fall in love with the same boy.
The film had its world premiere at the [29th Busan International Film Festival](/source/29th_Busan_International_Film_Festival) on 5 October 2024, and was theatrically released in Taiwan on 28 February 2025.
== Plot ==
In 1997,[{{Cite web |url=https://www.nownews.com/news/6564083 |title=《夜校女生》陳姸霏、邱以太演技被趙震雄肯定！她嚇呆：不可思議 |date=26 October 2024 |website=[Nownews](/source/Nownews) |author=朱祖儀 |access-date=28 October 2024 |language=zh}}] Ai underperforms on her [high school entrance exam](/source/Comprehensive_Assessment_Program_for_Junior_High_School_Students) and reluctantly enrolls in the night program of the prestigious First Girl's High School under her mother's pressure. Sharing classrooms with day students during their freshman year, Ai meets her deskmate, Min, who shares her interests. Despite the day students' feelings of superiority, Min reassures Ai that she is not [elitist](/source/elitist), and they quickly become best friends.
Ai works part-time at a [table tennis](/source/table_tennis) coaching school on Sundays to repay her family's debt after her father passes away. Shortly after the semester begins, she meets Luke, a wealthy boy from another prestigious high school. New to table tennis, Luke is assigned to Ai for coaching. Impressed by her skills, he soon falls for her. One night, Min invites Ai to skip class to watch a basketball match. However, Ai injures herself sneaking off campus and gets caught. To avoid consequences, Min suggests they exchange uniforms to disguise themselves as students from the other program. Initially scared of getting caught, Ai gains confidence after a few successful attempts.
Later, Min invites Ai to skip class again to meet a boy she likes, who turns out to be Luke. Min introduces Ai as her classmate, and Luke admits he remembers her from table tennis. The trio bonds and starts hanging out, with Luke increasingly interested in Ai. He visits the table tennis school regularly, and they coincidentally play doubles together. After winning a match, the coach invites them to a competition, prompting them to practice weekly. When Luke asks Ai out on a date, Ai alters her uniform’s class name to distinguish it from Min's. Jealous, Min suggests they visit Luke's mother's gallery in an attempt to expose Ai. At the gallery, Min cues Ai when Luke's mother mentions the night program, hoping to provoke a reaction. Things escalate when a university professor, whom Ai falsely claims is her mentor, reveals she doesn't know Ai. With her identity exposed, Ai leaves in tears. The next day, she returns her uniform to Min and quits her job at the table tennis school to avoid Luke. Compounding her troubles, Ai's mother discovers the academic reports Ai has been hiding, leading to an argument where Ai blames her mother for forcing her into night school.
Promoted to her third year, Ai bumps into Luke at the school's open day. He confesses his love for her regardless of her status, but Ai insists they come from different worlds. Meanwhile, Ai's uncle falls ill, prompting her mother to visit him. When [a massive earthquake](/source/1999_Jiji_earthquake) strikes, Ai rushes home to check on her sister, finding her safe under a cupboard. They reconcile upon her mother's return. While cleaning up after the earthquake, Ai finds a keychain that resembles Min's. Worried, she rushes to Min's class and discovers that Min is unharmed. The long-silent deskmates reconnect, sharing their struggles and bonding once again.
Ai works hard for her [university entrance exam](/source/General_Scholastic_Ability_Test), seeing improvements in her grades. During the exam, she meets Luke, who gives up his admission quota to join her world. They reconcile and exchange lucky charms. Finally, Ai receives a satisfying college offer and celebrates her 18th birthday with Min and Luke.
== Cast ==
* [Buffy Chen](/source/Buffy_Chen) as Ai, a struggling high school student in the night program of a prestigious school[{{Cite web |url=https://ent.ltn.com.tw/news/breakingnews/4841858 |title=互換「小綠綠」制服追愛！《夜校女生》連韓國影帝趙震雄都大讚 |date=25 October 2024 |website=[Liberty Times](/source/Liberty_Times) |author=許世穎 |access-date=28 October 2024 |language=zh}}]
* [Chloe Xiang](/source/Chloe_Xiang) as Min, a day student who shares a desk with Ai[{{Cite web |url=https://ent.ltn.com.tw/news/breakingnews/4818502 |title=金馬61》《角頭》「蠍子哥」懷秋成最大遺珠！《破浪》劉主平入圍影后差一票 |date=2 October 2024 |website=[Liberty Times](/source/Liberty_Times) |author=許世穎 |access-date=9 October 2024 |language=zh}}]
== Production ==
In November 2021, a screenplay draft written by Hsu Hui-fang won the Excellent Screenplay Award in the {{ill|43rd Golden Harvest Awards|zh|金穗獎}}.[{{Cite web |url=https://www.setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=1031849 |title=李心潔甘願隔離14天！金馬創投百萬首獎出爐 完整名單曝 |date=25 November 2021 |website=[SET News](/source/SET_News) |access-date=27 September 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=18 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118175346/https://www.setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=1031849 |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |url=https://www.ydn.com.tw/news/newsInsidePage?chapterID=1440376 |title=優良電影劇本公布入圍名單 38作品角逐總獎金454萬獎項 |date=30 August 2021 |website=[Youth Daily News](/source/Youth_Daily_News) |author=王丹荷 |access-date=27 September 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=6 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806150926/https://www.ydn.com.tw/news/newsInsidePage?chapterID=1440376 |url-status=live }}] Documentary filmmaker Chuang Ching-shen joined the project after reading the screenplay and was mesmerized by the nostalgic vibes and the portrayal of academic challenges in the 1990s that he experienced in his adolescence.[{{Cite web |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/amov/202410100152.aspx |title=「夜校女生」重現90年代台灣校園 釜山放映獲共鳴 |date=10 October 2024 |website=[Central News Agency](/source/Central_News_Agency_(Taiwan)) |author=廖禹揚 |access-date=11 October 2024 |language=zh}}] The film is set against the backdrop of the [1999 Jiji earthquake](/source/1999_Jiji_earthquake), which Chuang had previously produced a documentary on.[{{Cite web |url=https://www-ws.gov.taipei/Download.ashx?u=LzAwMS9VcGxvYWQvNjg2L3JlbGZpbGUvMTAxNzMvODkxNzcwMy9lY2VhZGYwYy1jNWNjLTQzMzQtYTI2Yi00M2U1ODlmM2U1NjUucGRm&n=MTEyLTHpm7vlvbHoo5zliqnlr6nmn6XntZDmnpzlhazlkYoucGRm&icon=.pdf |title=臺北市政府文化局112年度第1期補助電影製作審查結果公告 |website=[Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government](/source/Department_of_Cultural_Affairs%2C_Taipei_City_Government) |access-date=27 September 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=10 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110103256/https://grants.moc.gov.tw/Web/AwardPublish.jsp?__viewstate=sHna7HdLHqoepmXVwA6/RgAaa4vPyufHaxZ1ypH3FT+41/6zCZHOLw== |url-status=live }}]
[Principal photography](/source/Principal_photography) began in July 2023, with Buffy Chen spotted filming on [Roosevelt Road](/source/Roosevelt_Road_(Taipei)) in [Taipei](/source/Taipei) on 17 July.[{{Cite web |url=https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20230724ent018/ |title=【獨家】【降齡裝JK】接棒王淨國民學姐 陳姸霏青澀小綠綠無違和 |date=26 July 2023 |website=[Mirror Media](/source/Mirror_Media) |author=熊景玉 |access-date=27 September 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804154023/https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20230724ent018/ |url-status=live }}] Location shooting also took place at [New Taipei City](/source/New_Taipei_City),[{{Cite web |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aloc/202410080297.aspx |title=新北影視協拍中心赴釜山參展 盼提升國際能見度 |date=8 October 2024 |website=[Central News Agency](/source/Central_News_Agency_(Taiwan)) |access-date=9 October 2024 |language=zh}}] and filming wrapped in September.[{{Cite web |url=https://filmaholic.tw/people/64f55fe6fd89780001e7240d/ |title=從說故事姐姐成為說故事的人──專訪《查無此心》項婕如 |date=4 September 2023 |website=Filmaholic |last=Chien |first=Ying-jou |access-date=27 September 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=20 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220225148/https://filmaholic.tw/people/64f55fe6fd89780001e7240d/ |url-status=live }}] In October, Chloe Xiang reportedly suffered from depression during the shoot, which caused [urticaria](/source/urticaria) and hair loss, necessitating hospitalization.[{{Cite web |url=https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20231018ent018 |title=項婕如爆不滿化妝師失控打人 柴智屏再澄清做出回應 |date=18 October 2023 |website=[Mirror Media](/source/Mirror_Media) |author=熊景玉 |access-date=27 September 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=24 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024185256/https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20231018ent018 |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |url=https://news.tvbs.com.tw/entertainment/2275086 |title=台灣女星驚傳施暴！情緒失控「毆打化妝師」 火爆衝突內幕曝 |date=17 October 2023 |website=[TVBS News](/source/TVBS_News) |author=陳怡伶 |access-date=27 September 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027141349/https://news.tvbs.com.tw/entertainment/2275086 |url-status=live }}] Distribution rights for Korea and Japan were sold during the [Busan International Film Festival](/source/Busan_International_Film_Festival) in October 2024, and a teaser was released in the same month.[{{Cite web |url=https://woman.udn.com/woman/story/123164/8315555 |title=愛情校園電影《夜校女生》發布前導預告！升學壓力引共鳴 |date=25 October 2024 |website=[United Daily News](/source/United_Daily_News) |author=譚麗敏 |access-date=28 October 2024 |language=zh}}]
== Release ==
''The Uniform'' premiered in the Teen Spirit, Teen Movie section at the [29th Busan International Film Festival](/source/29th_Busan_International_Film_Festival) on 5 October 2024, marking its world premiere,[{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/busan-festival-youth-film-section-launch-1236110504/ |title=Busan Festival Launches Youth Film Section Titled Teen Spirit, Teen Movie |date=19 August 2024 |website=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine)) |last=Frater |first=Patrick |access-date=27 September 2024 |archive-date=23 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923172320/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/busan-festival-youth-film-section-launch-1236110504/ |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E5%A4%9C%E6%A0%A1%E5%A5%B3%E7%94%9F%E9%87%9C%E5%B1%B1%E9%A6%96%E6%98%A0-%E6%98%A0%E5%BE%8C%E8%88%87%E8%A7%80%E7%9C%BE%E4%BA%A4%E6%B5%81-%E5%9C%96-072823368.html |title=夜校女生釜山首映 映後與觀眾交流 |date=10 October 2024 |website=[Yahoo! News](/source/Yahoo!_News) |publisher=[Central News Agency](/source/Central_News_Agency_(Taiwan)) |access-date=11 October 2024 |language=zh}}] followed by a screening at the [2024 Golden Horse Film Festival](/source/Golden_Horse_Film_Festival) on 10 November.[{{Cite web |url=https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20241025ent020 |title=金馬新人陳姸霏赴釜山影展擔任頒獎嘉賓 被偶像趙震雄一眼認出！驚喜直呼「太不可思議」 |date=25 October 2024 |website=[Mirror Media](/source/Mirror_Media) |author=熊景玉 |access-date=28 October 2024 |language=zh}}] The film was initially announced to be released in January 2025,[{{Cite web |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/amov/202410250376.aspx?topic=3427 |title=「夜校女生」展開校園戀曲 韓影帝趙震雄也稱讚 |date=25 October 2024 |website=[Central News Agency](/source/Central_News_Agency_(Taiwan)) |author=王心妤 |access-date=28 October 2024 |language=zh}}] and is subsequently rescheduled for a theatrical release in Taiwan on 28 February 2025.[{{Cite web |url=https://star.ettoday.net/news/2887742 |title=Rosé、安兪真都穿「北一女小綠綠」 《夜校女生》搶先場寵粉！ |date=7 January 2025 |website=[ETtoday](/source/ETtoday) |author=黃庠棻 |access-date=8 January 2025 |language=zh}}]
== Reception ==
{{ill|Wen Tien-hsiang (critic)|lt=Wen Tien-hsiang|zh|聞天祥}}, writing for ''[Mirror Media](/source/Mirror_Media)'', rated ''The Uniform'' 85/100 and praised the film for its "unique perspective" among the "Taiwanese [coming-of-age](/source/coming-of-age) genre that is good but also rigid", and for Buffy Chen and Chloe Xiang's performances which are "both refreshing and well-calculated".[{{Cite web |url=https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20250303inf004 |title=【影評】《夜校女生》 校園青春電影的新角度 |date=3 March 2025 |website=[Mirror Media](/source/Mirror_Media) |last=Wen |first=Tien-hsiang |access-date=24 March 2025 |language=zh}}] Whang Yee Ling of ''[The Straits Times](/source/The_Straits_Times)'' gave the film 3/5 stars and also found the film "perfectly cast and believably rendered", particularly Buffy Chen portraying her character's "rewarding four-year journey watching petulant, insecure Ai learn hard work and responsibility and grow into herself".[{{Cite web |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/at-the-movies-forrest-gump-stars-and-director-back-for-here-the-uniform-a-bittersweet-teen-romance |title=At The Movies: Forrest Gump stars and director back for Here, The Uniform a bittersweet teen romance |date=2 April 2025 |website=[The Straits Times](/source/The_Straits_Times) |last=Whang |first=Yee Ling |access-date=27 August 2025}}]
{{ill|Lee Kuang-chueh|zh|膝關節 (人物)}}, reviewing for ''[Yahoo! Lifestyle](/source/Yahoo!_Lifestyle)'', lauded the film for its "delicate exploration revealing how class differences and social labels influence teenagers' self-identity" and "replicating 1990s Taiwanese popular culture and class issues", which explored on "the inescapable class stratification in Taiwan's education".[{{Cite web |url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E5%A4%9C%E6%A0%A1%E5%A5%B3%E7%94%9F-132943965.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABJIVFspBkLHQPUvL-R61JEvRr_6vux4nVHy5JvkxPwXWDELkOpJWNIFNEh_Ax6mq6nHtx-2iv3Nz3O0Gy_ofDrvLwOlNeeGMzY-W1G2QKL_3BOhpNzPSJmlAgjPOXm_o3UHrBd5kK5fFEH8Ya1zepEyhXZrKkr796xav3jiEYbe |title=《夜校女生》影評｜專屬6-7年級生的感動且感傷的時代眼淚 你留下幾滴？ |date=13 March 2025 |website=[Yahoo! Lifestyle](/source/Yahoo!_Lifestyle) |last=Lee |first=Kuang-chueh |access-date=24 March 2025 |language=zh}}] Chen Wei-guang of ''[Sin Chew Daily](/source/Sin_Chew_Daily)'' commended the film's "impressive recreation of the nostalgic atmosphere", and having a unique "comparison between day schools and night schools", giving the plot "an unconventional development".[{{Cite web |url=https://www.sinchew.com.my/news/20250407/supplement/6424628 |title=《夜校女生》《寄了一整个春天》：不落俗套的校园青春 |date=7 April 2025 |website=[Sin Chew Daily](/source/Sin_Chew_Daily) |last=Chen |first=Wei-guang |access-date=27 August 2025 |language=zh}}]
== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nominee
! Result
! {{Ref heading}}
|-
| 2021
| {{ill|Golden Harvest Awards|lt=43rd Golden Harvest Awards|zh|金穗獎}}
| Excellent Screenplay Award
| {{n/a}}
| {{won}}
|