Summer Snow (film)

Summer Snow (film)
Summer Snow
Directed by Ann Hui
Produced by Ann Hui
Written by Man Keung Chan
Starring Roy Chiao
Josephine Siao
Music by Yoshihide Otomo
Cinematography Pin Bing Lee
Editing by Yee Shun Wong
Distributed by Daiei Motion Picture Company
Toko-Tokuma
Release date(s) May 4, 1995 (Hong Kong)
Running time 100 mins.
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box office HKD 14,000,000 (Hong Kong)

Summer Snow (Chinese: 女人四十, Cantonese: Loey Yen Sei Seup, Mandarin: Nu ren si shi, also known as Woman, Forty) is a 1995 Hong Kong comedy-drama film directed by Ann Hui. It stars Josephine Siao and Roy Chiao in leading roles.

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Plot

Summer Snow tells the story of the relationship between a widower with Alzheimer's disease and his daughter-in-law, May Sun,[1], who is a housewife in her forties trying cope with the upheavals in her family. Her supportive mother-in-law has just died and her husband, who is a driving test examiner, is not giving her the support.

Cast

  • Josephine Siao as May Sun
  • Roy Chiao as Lin Sun
  • Law Kar-ying as Bing Sun
  • Allen Ting as Allen Sun
  • Koon-Lan Law as Lan Sun
  • Ping Ha as Mrs. Han
  • Shun Lau as Mr. Lo
  • Ching Yee Chong as Carrie Chin (Daughter-In-Law)
  • Gin Tsang as Janice
  • Sin Hung Tam as Ying Sun (Bing's Mother)
  • Ann Hui as Neighbour
  • Fai Chow as Bing's Brother
  • Stephen Fung as Cannon

Awards

In 1995, Summer Snow won four Golden Horse Awards at the Golden Horse Film Festival and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Silver Berlin Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. The following year it won the Grand Prix at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival, several Golden Bauhinia Awards, several Hong Kong Film Awards and the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Actress and Best Film.[2]

1st Golden Bauhinia Awards

  • Won: Best Film
  • Won: Best Director (Ann Hui)
  • Won: Best Actor (Roy Chiao)
  • Won: Best Actress (Josephine Siao)
  • Won: Best Supporting Actor (Law Kar-Ying)
  • Won: Best Screenplay (Chan Man-Keung)

32nd Golden Horse Awards

  • Won: Best Film
  • Won: Best Actress (Josephine Siao)
  • Won: Best Supporting Actor (Law Kar-Ying)
  • Won: Best Cinematography (Lee Pin-Bing)
  • Nominated: Best Director (Ann Hui)

15th Hong Kong Film Awards

  • Won: Best Film
  • Won: Best Director (Ann Hui)
  • Won: Best Actor (Roy Chiao)
  • Won: Best Actress (Josephine Siao)
  • Won: Best Supporting Actor (Law Kar-Ying)
  • Won: Best Screenplay (Chan Man-Keung)
  • Nominated: Best Art Direction (Wong Yank)
  • Nominated: Best Film Editing (Wong Yee Shun)
  • Nominated: Best New Performer (Allen Ting)
  • Nominated: Best Supporting Actress (Law Koon-Lan)

2nd Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards

  • Won: Best Film
  • Won: Best Actress (Josephine Siao)

References

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Vive L'Amour
Golden Horse Awards for Best Film
1995
Succeeded by
In the Heat of the Sun
Preceded by
Ashes of Time
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Film
1995
Succeeded by
Comrades, Almost a Love Story
Preceded by
Chungking Express
Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Film
1996
Succeeded by
Comrades, Almost a Love Story
Preceded by
None
Golden Bauhinia Awards for Best Film
1996
Succeeded by
Comrades, Almost a Love Story



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