Summer Snow (film)

Summer Snow
	Summer Snow, 1995 film
	Chinese: 女人四十
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
Production; company	Harvest Crown
Distributed by	Golden Harvest; Media Asia Group; Daiei Motion Picture Company; Toko-Tokuma
Release date	4 May 1995;
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]

Overview

The film's Chinese title Chinese: 女人四十 literally translates to Woman, 40. Its alternative titles are Loey Yen Sei Seup, or Nuiyan, Seisap.[3][4]

Plot

Summer Snow tells the story of the relationship between a widower with Alzheimer's disease and his daughter-in-law, May Sun,[5] 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
Sin-hung Tam as Ying Sun (Bing's Mother)
Allen Ting as Allen Sun
Koon-Lan Law as Lan Sun
Ha Ping as Mrs. Han
Shun Lau as Mr. Lo
Patricia Ching Yee Chong as Carrie Chin (Daughter-In-Law)
Gin Tsang as Janice
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.[6] 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.[7]

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)
"Nuiyan, Seisap". bfi.org.uk. 1995. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
"Summer Snow". hkmdb.com. 4 May 1995. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
Brennan, Sandra. "Plot Synopsis". Allmovie. Retrieved 29 December 2007.
"Berlinale: 1995 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
"Awards for Nu ren si shi". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 29 December 2007.

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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[1] Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

[68thSubmissions-2] "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)

[3] "Nuiyan, Seisap". bfi.org.uk. 1995. Retrieved 1 November 2020.

[4] "Summer Snow". hkmdb.com. 4 May 1995. Retrieved 1 November 2020.

[5] Brennan, Sandra. "Plot Synopsis". Allmovie. Retrieved 29 December 2007.

[Berlinale-6] "Berlinale: 1995 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

[7] "Awards for Nu ren si shi". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 29 December 2007.