Painted Faces

Painted Faces
Traditional	七小福
Simplified	七小福
Mandarin	Qī xiǎo fú
Cantonese	Cat1 siu2 fuk1
Directed by	Alex Law
Produced by	Leonard Ho Mona Fong
Written by	Alex Law Mabel Cheung
Starring	Sammo Hung Lam Ching Ying Cheng Pei-pei Wu Ma John Shum
Music by	Lowell Lo
Cinematography	David Chung
Edited by	Kwong Chi Leung Yu Tun
Production company	Golden Harvest Shaw Brothers Studio
Distributed by	Golden Harvest
Release dates	10 November 1988
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$14,730,964

Painted Faces (pinyin: Qī xiǎo fú, Cantonese: Cat1 siu2 fuk1), is a Hong Kong film directed by Alex Law. The movie was first released in 1988. The language spoken in this film is Cantonese. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[1]

The Chinese title refers to the Seven Little Fortunes - Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and his fellow opera-mates, who later made it big in the Hong Kong film industry. The film focuses on Master Yu Ho, their teacher, and his methods on bringing up his protégés.

Cast

• Chang Wen-lung - Cheng Lung as teenager
• Cheng Pei-pei - Ching
• Hsiao Ming-kuei - Cheng Lung as child
• Huang Chien-wei - Yuan Biao as teenager
• Chung Chin-jen - Samo as teenager
• Sammo Hung - Master Yu
• Lam Ching Ying - Wah

Awards and nominations

8th Hong Kong Film Awards

• Won: Best Actor (Sammo Hung)
• Won: Best Cinematography (David Chung)
• Nominated: Best Film
• Nominated: Best Director (Alex Law)
• Nominated: Best Screenplay (Alex Law, Mabel Cheung)
• Nominated: Best Film Editing (Kwong Chi Leung, Yu Tun)

25th Golden Horse Awards

• Won: Best Film

See also

• List of submissions to the 62nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Hong Kong submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

External links

• Painted Faces at the Internet Movie Database