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[h=2]Hong Kong star Carina Lau says movie deserves Golden Horse recognition[/h]
By Yip Wai Yee
Hong Kong actress Carina Lau has seen Singapore film Ilo Ilo and says that its haul at the Golden Horse Awards was "well-deserved".
The domestic drama about a Filipina maid and a Singapore family was the surprise winner at the prestigious awards show in Taipei on Nov 23 when it walked away with four awards, including the biggest prize of the night for Best Feature Film.
In that category, Singaporean director Anthony Chen's film beat four major works by heavyweight directors: Jia Zhangke's A Touch Of Sin, Tsai Ming-liang's Stray Dogs, Johnnie To's Drug War, as well as Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmaster, in which Lau's husband Tony Leung Chiu Wai stars in.
Says the 47-year-old actress in Mandarin: "I had already heard very good things about Ilo Ilo before the Golden Horse, but I went to watch it after the awards. I was so surprised by how moving it was. It is such a small film and it's a simple story, but I was very touched by the end of it.
[h=5]Background story[/h] “Women really need to be independent. If women leave their future to men, there is no sense of security. It’s so important that women have their own lives.”
Carina Lau
http://www.straitstimes.com/breakin...kong-star-carina-lau-touched-ilo-ilo-20131202
By Yip Wai Yee
Hong Kong actress Carina Lau has seen Singapore film Ilo Ilo and says that its haul at the Golden Horse Awards was "well-deserved".
The domestic drama about a Filipina maid and a Singapore family was the surprise winner at the prestigious awards show in Taipei on Nov 23 when it walked away with four awards, including the biggest prize of the night for Best Feature Film.
In that category, Singaporean director Anthony Chen's film beat four major works by heavyweight directors: Jia Zhangke's A Touch Of Sin, Tsai Ming-liang's Stray Dogs, Johnnie To's Drug War, as well as Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmaster, in which Lau's husband Tony Leung Chiu Wai stars in.
Says the 47-year-old actress in Mandarin: "I had already heard very good things about Ilo Ilo before the Golden Horse, but I went to watch it after the awards. I was so surprised by how moving it was. It is such a small film and it's a simple story, but I was very touched by the end of it.
[h=5]Background story[/h] “Women really need to be independent. If women leave their future to men, there is no sense of security. It’s so important that women have their own lives.”
Carina Lau
http://www.straitstimes.com/breakin...kong-star-carina-lau-touched-ilo-ilo-20131202