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 Otomo Yoshihide
Cinematography Pin Bing Lee
Edited by Yee Shun Wong
Distributed by Daiei Motion Picture Company
Toko-Tokuma
Release dates
  • 4 May 1995 (1995-05-04)
Running time
100 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box office HKD 14 million (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. 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]

Plot

Summer Snow tells the story of the relationship between a widower with Alzheimer's disease and his daughter-in-law, May Sun,[3] 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

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 45th Berlin International Film Festival. Josephine Siao also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at Berlin.[4] 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.[5]

1st Golden Bauhinia Awards

32nd Golden Horse Awards

15th Hong Kong Film Awards

2nd Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards

See also

References

  1. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  2. "41 to Compete for Foreign Language Oscar Nominations". FilmFestivals.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. Brennan, Sandra. "Plot Synopsis". Allmovie. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
  4. "Berlinale: 1995 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
  5. "Awards for Nu ren si shi". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-12-29.

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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