Top Golden Horse Awards Go to Dark Horses
Dark Horse: Ethan Juan wins the Best Leading Actor award for his gangster portrayal in Monga.
The Taiwanese family drama “When Love Comes” won the best film award Saturday at the Chinese-language Golden Horse Film Festival.
The low-budget movie about the lives of four women, by Taiwanese director Chang Tso-chi, beat Hong Kong martial arts epic “Bodyguards and Assassins” and China’s “Judge” to win the top award.
The best director award went to Taiwan’s Chung Mong-hong for “The Fourth Portrait” about a forlorn child using paintings to express his inner world. The film also won Hao Lei the best supporting actress award.
China’s Lu Liping defeated fellow Chinese actress Xu Fan to win the best actress award for her role as a tough working class mother in “City Monkey.”
Taiwanese director Chung Mong-Hong holds his award for Best Director for his film “The Fourth Portrait“and “Outstanding Taiwanese Film of the Year“at the 47th Golden Horse Awards, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010, in Taoyuan County, northern Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Taiwan’s Ethan Juan won the best actor’s award for his role in the gangster movie “Monga,” beating veteran Chinese actors Ni Dahong and Wang Xueqi.
“Spring Fever,” a Chinese film about gay romance, won the best editing and best original film score awards.
Chinese actress Lu Liping holds her Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for her role in “City Monkey” along with Taiwanese actor Ethan Juan who won Best Leading Actor for his role in “Monga at the 47th Golden Horse Awards, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010, in Taoyuan County, northern Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Liu Jie shared the best original screen play award with Gao Shan for “Judge,” a film he also directed.
“Bodyguards and Assassins,” by Hong Kong director Teddy Chen, won only the best makeup and costume design award out of a total of nine nominations.
The winners of the top awards were surprises. None were among the Chinese, Taiwanese and Hong Kong films seen as vying for top awards at the Chinese-language Golden Horse Film Festival on Saturday.
The Chinese film “Judge,” which tackles sensitive topics such as organ transplants and the death penalty in China, picked up four nominations, including best feature film, best director, best leading actor and best original screenplay.
Director Liu Jie said he believed “Judge” is a strong contender for an award at the festival being held in Taoyuan, a city near Taipei.
Ni Dahong was nominated for best leading actor for portraying the cool-headed judge in the film.
Chinese actress Hsu Fan was a favored contender for the best leading actress award for portraying a mother scarred by the loss of her daughter in an earthquake in “Aftershock.”
The Taiwanese family drama “When Love Comes” picked up 14 nominations, making Chang Tso-chi a top contender for the best director award.
Also vying for the award was Hong Kong director Teddy Chen for “Bodyguards and Assassins,” a martial arts epic set in the waning days of China’s last imperial dynasty.
Veteran Hong Kong actress Sylvia Chang was going for best leading actress for her performance as a woman struggling with aging and loneliness in “Buddha Mountain.”
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP)
Best Leading Actor Taiwanese actor Ethan Juan holds his award for film "MONGA" at the 47th Golden Horse Awards, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010, in Taoyuan County, northern Taiwan. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)