No Puedo ViVir Sin Ti, big winner at Golden Horse Awards
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Independent feature No Puedo ViVir Sin Ti cleaned up at the 46th Golden Horse Awards Saturday in Taiwan, taking five of the top trophies at one of Chinese film's most prestigious industry events.
Taking home Best Feature Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, the poignant real life drama, directed by Leon Dai, beat the other finalists from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, hands down.
Based on a true story and shot in black and white, Dai tells a moving account of the life and struggles of a lonely father from a poor background trying to send his daughter to school against government intervention.
The small-budget feature reflects the lives of many people from the lower classes living in southern Taiwan. It has been well received by both movie critics and audiences alike, winning multiple awards at various international film festivals and is Taiwan's entry in the 2010 Academy Awards in the US. The work reflects many elements of traditional Taiwan film, such as abundant human kindness and artistic orientation, often found in Golden Horse Award winners.
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Director Leon Dai with his five Golden Horses. [CFP] |
"Though we don't make a profit from the movies, we now have avid audiences who really love the feature films and they have independent thought, which is also an investment, they are the backbone of the Taiwan movie industry," said chairman of the organizing committee of the Golden Horse Awards, Hou Hsiao-hsien, at the awards ceremony.
There were a total of 27 films vying for top honors in the Golden Horse Awards. Among the 80 nominations, Hong Kong movies were overshadowed by the mainland and Taiwan, only managing seven nominations, compared with 32 for Taiwan productions and 41 for mainland works.
Mainland actress Li Bingbing won Best Actress for her role in spy thriller The Message and for the first time in history, the Best Actor award was shared, by mainland actor Huang Bo for black comedy Cow and Hong Kong-based Nick Cheung for The Beast Stalker.
The Golden Horse Awards, honoring the best Chinese language films of the year together with the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Golden Rooster Awards, is modeled on the Academy Awards with winners selected by a jury.
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