| Summer Snow | |||||||||||||||
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| Director: | Ann Hui | ||||||||||||||
| Producer: | Ann Hui | ||||||||||||||
| Starring: | Roy Chiao Josephine Siao | ||||||||||||||
| Music: | Otomo Yoshihide | ||||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Pin Bing Lee | ||||||||||||||
| Editing: | Yee Shun Wong | ||||||||||||||
| Studio: | Harvest Crown | ||||||||||||||
| Distributor: | Golden Harvest Media Asia Group Daiei Motion Picture Company Toko-Tokuma | ||||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 100 minutes | ||||||||||||||
| Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
| Language: | Cantonese | ||||||||||||||
| Gross: | HKD 14 million (Hong Kong) | ||||||||||||||
Summer Snow (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. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1] [2]
The film's Chinese title literally translates to Woman, 40. Its alternative titles are Loey Yen Sei Seup, or Nuiyan, Seisap.[3] [4]
Summer Snow tells the story of the relationship between a widower with Alzheimer's disease and his daughter-in-law, May Sun,[5] 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 support.
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 45th Berlin International Film Festival. Josephine Siao also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at Berlin.[6] 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.[7]
32nd Golden Horse Awards
2nd Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards