Summer Snow (film)

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Summer Snow
Directed by Ann Hui
Produced by Ann Hui
Written by Man Keung Chan
Starring Roy Chiao
Music by Yoshihide Otomo
Cinematography Pin Bing Lee
Editing by Yee Shun Wong
Distributed by Daiei Motion Picture Company
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Release date(s) May 4, 1995 (Hong Kong)
Running time 100 mins.
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Gross revenue HKD 14,000,000 (Hong Kong)
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Summer Snow (Cantonese: Nu ren si shi, also known as Woman, Forty) is a 1995 Hong Kong comedy-drama film directed by Ann Hui.

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[edit] Plot

Summer Snow tells the story of the relationship between a widower with Alzheimer's disease and his daughter-in-law.[1]

[edit] Cast

  • Josephine Siao as May Sun
  • Roy Chiao as Lin Sun
  • Kar-Ying Law 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

[edit] 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]

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