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

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 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

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

↑ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
↑ "41 to Compete for Foreign Language Oscar Nominations". FilmFestivals.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2015. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
↑ Brennan, Sandra. "Plot Synopsis". Allmovie. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
↑ "Berlinale: 1995 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
↑ "Awards for Nu ren si shi". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-12-29.

External links

Summer Snow at the Internet Movie Database
Summer Snow at AllMovie
HK cinemagic entry

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

Films directed by Ann Hui

Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film

Father and Son (1982)
Boat People (1983)
Ah Ying (1984)
Homecoming (1985)
Police Story (1986)
A Better Tomorrow (1987)
An Autumn's Tale (1988)
Rouge (1989)
Beyond the Sunset (1990)
Days of Being Wild (1991)
To Be Number One (1992)
Cageman (1993)
C'est la vie, mon chéri (1994)
Chungking Express (1995)
Summer Snow (1996)
Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1997)
Made in Hong Kong (1998)
Beast Cops (1999)
Ordinary Heroes (2000)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2001)
Shaolin Soccer (2002)
Infernal Affairs (2003)
Running on Karma (2004)
Kung Fu Hustle (2005)
Election (2006)
After This Our Exile (2007)
The Warlords (2008)
Ip Man (2009)
Bodyguards and Assassins (2010)
Gallants (2011)
A Simple Life (2012)
Cold War (2013)
The Grandmaster (2014)
The Golden Era (2015)
Ten Years (2016)

Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film

Sun, Moon and Star (1962)
The Love Eterne (1963)
— (1964)
Beautiful Duckling (1965)
Hsi-shih, Beauty of Beauties (1966)
Orchids and My Love (1967)
The Road (1968)
Spring in a Small Town (1969)
Home Sweet Home (1970)
The Story of Ti-Ying (1971)
Execution in Autumn (1972)
The Escape (1973)
— (1974)
Land of the Undaunted (1975)
The Victory (1976)
Heroes of the Eastern Skies (1977)
He Never Gives Up (1978)
The Story of a Small Town (1979)
Good Morning, Taipei (1980)
If I Were for Real (1981)
The Battle for the Republic of China (1982)
Growing Up (1983)
Old Mao's Second Spring (1984)
Kuei-Mei, a Woman (1985)
The Terrorizers (1986)
Straw Man (1987)
Painted Faces (1988)
Full Moon in New York (1989)
Red Dust (1990)
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Hill of No Return (1992)
The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Vive L'Amour (1994)
Summer Snow (1995)
In the Heat of the Sun (1996)
Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1997)
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (1998)
Ordinary Heroes (1999)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Durian Durian (2001)
The Best of Times (2002)
Infernal Affairs (2003)
Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (2004)
Kung Fu Hustle (2005)
After This Our Exile (2006)
Lust, Caution (2007)
The Warlords' (2008)
Cannot Live Without You (2009)
When Love Comes (2010)
Seediq Bale (2011)
Beijing Blues (2012)
Ilo Ilo (2013)
Blind Massage (2014)
The Assassin (2015)
The Summer Is Gone (2016)

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