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17 Chinese films with a Cannes Award(4)

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2016-05-10 13:55China.org.cn Editor: Feng Shuang
"The Emperor and the Assassin" by Chen Kaige won the Technical Prize in Cannes in 1999. (File photo)
"The Emperor and the Assassin" by Chen Kaige won the Technical Prize in Cannes in 1999. (File photo)

About the film:

The film covers a great deal of Ying Zheng's life, from his early life as a hostage to his dominance over China, and depicts him essentially as an idealist seeking to impose a peace or unity on the world and defeated by various betrayals and losses.

"Happy Together" by Wong Kar-Wai won the Best Director Prize in Cannes in 1997. (File photo)
"Happy Together" by Wong Kar-Wai won the Best Director Prize in Cannes in 1997. (File photo)

About the film:

"Happy Together" is a 1997 Hong Kong film that depicts a turbulent romance between two men. Ho Po-Wing and Lai Yiu-fai, a couple from pre-handover Hong Kong, visit Argentina hoping to renew their ailing relationship. The two have a pattern of abuse, followed by breakups and reconciliations.

"Shanghai Triad" by Zhang Yimou won the Technical Grand Prize in Cannes in 1995. (File photo)
"Shanghai Triad" by Zhang Yimou won the Technical Grand Prize in Cannes in 1995. (File photo)

About the film:

The film is set in the criminal underworld of 1930s Shanghai and spans seven days. Tang Shuisheng has arrived in Shanghai to work for a Triad boss, also named Tang. He is taken to a warehouse where two rival groups of Triads carry out an opium deal that goes wrong, leaving one of the rival members dead. Shuisheng is then taken by his uncle to Tang's palatial home, where he is assigned to serve Xiao Jinbao, a cabaret singer and mistress of the boss. It soon becomes apparent that Jinbao is also having an affair with the boss's number two man, Song.

  

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