Hong Kong veteran singer and actress Sammi Cheng
is one of the front-runners of
the Best Actress Award at the 62nd Venice Film Festival, for her role in
Everlasting Regret.
According to sources, she faces tough competition from the other
contending actresses, including Monica Bellucci, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lee
Young-ae and Isabelle Huppert.
The film Everlasting Regret, co-starring Tony Leung and Hu Jun,was also
nominated for Best Film Award at the festival.
The film's cast is now in Beijing busy at working dubbing the film,
directed by Hong Kong veteran Stanley Kwan.
Other Chinese films receiving nominations include Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain", Young Chinese
female director Li Yu's "Rosy
Cheeks" and "This Year's
Summer", Ning Ying's "Perpetual Mobile" and Jackie Chan's
"The Myth".
The festival bill has a decidedly Asian accent, with Chinese director
Tsui Hark's "Seven Swords"
opening the festival and Hong Kong director Peter Ho-sun Chan's "Perhaps Love" closing.
It will be held
from August 31 to September 10.
(CRI) |