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17 Chinese films with a Cannes Award(2)

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2016-05-10 13:55China.org.cn Editor: Feng Shuang
"Luxury Car" by Wang Chao won the side competition for the Prix Un Certain Regard in Cannes in 2006. (File photo)
"Luxury Car" by Wang Chao won the side competition for the Prix Un Certain Regard in Cannes in 2006. (File photo)

About the film:

The film follows an old man from the countryside who goes to Wuhan to search for his missing son, who his dying wife has requested to see one last time. In Wuhan, he meets his daughter, a karaoke bar escort who introduces him to an old police officer who offers to help. It soon becomes apparent to both the father and the policeman that the mobsters running the daughter's karaoke bar and the son's disappearance are linked.

"Shanghai Dreams" by Wang Xiaoshuai won the Jury Prize in Cannes in 2005. (File photo)
"Shanghai Dreams" by Wang Xiaoshuai won the Jury Prize in Cannes in 2005. (File photo)

About the film:

The main character Qinghong is a 19 year old student living with her overly protective father, mother and younger brother in a typical small apartment. Her 'boyfriend' is Honggen, a working local boy who plays only a minor role in the film and develops an obsession with Qinghong, to her father's contempt. Confiding in her best friend Xiao Zhen, Qinghong strives for love and independence.

"Millennium Mambo" by Hou Hsiao-hsien won the Technical Grand Prize in Cannes in 2001. (File photo)
"Millennium Mambo" by Hou Hsiao-hsien won the Technical Grand Prize in Cannes in 2001. (File photo)

About the film:

The main character, Vicky, portrayed by actress Shu Qi narrates her life starting in 2011, 10 years earlier. She describes her youth and the story of her changing life at the beginning of the new millennium. She works as a hostess in a trendy bar. Vicky is torn between two men, Hao Hao and Jack, and her journey displays the parallel journey of the psyche and how one girl deals with her fleeting youth.

  

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