Winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Silver Berlin Bear for, Film Review: Summer Snow (1995) by Ann Hui, Busan Film Festival Reinvents Itself Amid Global Pandemic, 23 films from Cannes Official Selection to play at Lumière Festival, Sf-based CAAMFest Forward programme announced, offerings virtual and drive-in, BBC Picks Up Feature Docs Including Oscar-Nominated ‘Minding The Gap’ & Sundance Titles ‘One Child Nation’ & ‘Maiden’, Tom Jennings, Former Casting Director and Talent Agent, Dies at 81, CBS Television Distribution Sales Chief Stephen Hackett Retires After 30-Year Run; Jonathan Bingaman Upped To Sales Head. every day I’m just realizing how afraid I am of, uh, everything? 1995 emotions I imagine would go along with that kind of caretaking. Alzheimer's Disease is diagnosed. Summer snow, como no podía ser de otra forma viniendo de Ann Hui, tiene muchas cosas interesantes. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy. Would love more people to see this. Tags Ann Hui Five Flavours Asian Film Festival Josephine Siao Summer Snow 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. This…, The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts…, dana danger 6,596 films 2,792 77 Edit. That's cool. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. This is a list for myself and others to discover more movies made by women. A very sad, very tender, and surprisingly funny film about the ephemerality of life. I'm slowing narrowing down to the point in Hui's filmography where she seems to depart from the self seriousness and melodramatic overtures of her early work with the dedicated humanist explorations with a tinge of humor that abounds in her later films. La película desprende esa increíble sensibilidad que siempre caracteriza a la directora, su crítica social al lamentable estado y gestión de las residencias de ancianos es punzante y el personaje de May Sun (grandísima Josephine Siao) es una maravilla, representando esa generación "perdida" ante los cambios que se están produciendo, que rechazan la tradición pero a la vez no son capaces de adaptarse a las nuevas tecnologías. Trouble strikes one day when Bing's mother dies of a stroke, leaving her husband old Mr. Sun. Credit cards, handy in the next world... Money makes the underworld go round! 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. Mobile site. Summer Snow the 1995 Movie, Trailers, Videos and more at Yidio. But trust me, it's a rewarding watch. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. Summer Snow. 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. © Letterboxd Limited. But Summer Snow was lovely, and brought some peace. always in progress. The Suns are a typical Hong Kong family: May, forty something, works for a trading company; her husband, Bing, works as a low-grade civil servant, and Allen, their teenage son, is still at school. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Screenwriter: Chan Man-Keung. They are still pretty dour by 1990 with Song of the Exile (a film I watched a day or two after this), but by 1995 she had adopted a more measured and varied look into the lives of her characters. 4, Best Bluetooth Speakers: Portable, Waterproof, and Home Speakers for Every Budget, Ben Wheatley To Direct ‘The Meg 2’ Shark Sequel With Jason Statham, Why ‘Borat’ Fan Favorite Luenell Isn’t in the Sequel but Got Paid Anyway, Jessica Chastain Reunites With Oscar Isaac For ‘Scenes From A Marriage’ As Michelle Williams Drops Out.