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Betelnut Beauty (film)
''Betelnut Beauty'' () is a 2001 Taiwanese film directed by Lin Cheng-sheng. Cast * Chang Chen as Feng * Angelica Lee as Fei-fei * Leon Dai as Tiger * Kao Ming-chun as Guang * Tsai Chen-nan as Ming Awards The film premiered in competition at the 51st Berlin International Film Festival. Lin won the Silver Bear for Best Director The Silver Bear for Best Director (german: Silberner Bär/Bester Regie) is an award presented annually at the Berlin International Film Festival since 1956. It is given for the best achievement in directing and is chosen by the International Jury ..., and Angelica Lee won the New Talent award. References External links * 2001 films 2000s Mandarin-language films Films directed by Lin Cheng-sheng 2001 drama films Taiwanese drama films {{Taiwan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Cheng-sheng
Lin Cheng-sheng (; born 31 March 1959) is a Taiwanese film director. His 1997 film '' Sweet Degeneration'' was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. He won the Silver Bear for Best Director for '' Betelnut Beauty'' in 2001. Filmography Director Narratives *1996: ''A Drifting Life'' (春花夢露) *1997: '' Murmur of Youth'' (美麗在唱歌) *1998: '' Sweet Degeneration'' (放浪) *1999: '' March of Happiness'' (天馬茶房) *2001: '' Betelnut Beauty'' (愛你愛我) *2003: '' Robinson's Crusoe'' (魯賓遜漂流記) *2005: '' The Moon Also Rises'' (月光下，我記得) *2013: '' 27°C – Loaf Rock'' (世界第一麥方) *TBA: ''The Future keeps coming and coming: goodbye to the age of solitude (literally translated from 未來一直來一直來之告別孤寂年代; in production)'' Documentaries *2008: ''My Ocean'' (海洋練習曲) *2010: ''Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars'' (一閃一閃亮晶晶) *2015: ''One journey, one mission'' (有任務的旅 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Chiao
Peggy Chiao is a Taiwanese/Chinese filmmaker, producer, distributor, educator, juror, critic, and author. She is known internationally as the "godmother of New Taiwan Cinema". In 1997, Chiao established Arc Light Films, a production company with pan-Chinese ambition which has produced films with directors like Ann Hui, Stanley Kwan, Wang Xiaoshuai, Olivier Assayas, Yi Chih-yen, Kenny Bi, etc. Since then, Chiao has produced critically and commercially successful films encompassing many genres and themes. Her award-winning films include ''Beijing Bicycle'' (2001), '' The Hole'' (1998), ''Blue Gate Crossing'' (2002), '' Drifters'' (2003), ''Green Hat'' (2004), '' Betelnut Beauty'' (2001), ''HHH: Portrait of Hous-Hsiao-Hsien'' (2012), ''Lost in Beijing'' (2007), '' Buddha Mountain'' (2010) and '' The Drummer'' (2007), among many others. Aside from the acclaimed films, she also helped initiate the romantic comedy genre in Taiwan and China with films such as '' Hear Me'' (2009), ''Blu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chang Chen
Chang Chen (born 14 October 1976) is a Taiwanese actor. He was born in Taipei, Taiwan. His father Chang Kuo-chu and his brother Hans Chang are also actors. Career Chang started his film career at a very young age. He was then selected by a Taiwanese film director Edward Yang to be the protagonist of a four-hour-long critically acclaimed film ''A Brighter Summer Day'', which won the Special Jury Prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival. One of the earliest films Chang acted in was Wong Kar-wai's '' Happy Together'' (1997). He rose to fame for his role as "Dark Cloud" in the 2000 film ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'', directed by Ang Lee. He also featured in Wong Kar-wai's '' 2046'' (2004). Chang then co-starred with Shu Qi in Hou Hsiao-hsien's ''Three Times'' (2005), which was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and won Golden Horse accolades for Best Taiwanese film, among other awards. For his performance in that film, Chang was also nominated f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelica Lee
Lee Sinje (; born 23 January 1976) is a Malaysian film actress and pop singer. She started her career in singing and later moved on to acting in Taiwan and Hong Kong and Malaysia. Lee starred in '' The Eye'', the hit Asian horror film by the Pang Brothers, winning her the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress, Best Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards and a Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia Awards.''The Star'' (Malaysia). Thoroughly modest miss. 2 D马面e姐cember 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2007. She is among the very few Asian artists to be awarded Best Newcomer Awards at the Berlin Film Festival in 2001 for her role in '' Betelnut Beauty''. Lee has also starred in the films '' 20 30 40'' (where she co-starred with the person who discovered her, Sylvia Chang), and '' Koma''. She worked with the Pangs again on ''Re-cycle'', which was screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Early life On 23 January 1976, Lee was born in Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia to a motorcycle shop owner and a h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Dai
Leon Dai (, born 27 July 1966) is a Taiwanese actor and film director. His film ''Cannot Live Without You'' was Taiwan's submission to the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The film also won two awards at the 46th Golden Horse Film Awards. In 2016, Dai faced public anger in China over remarks perceived as supportive of the Taiwan independence movement The Taiwan independence movement is a political movement which advocates the formal declaration of an independent and sovereign Taiwanese state, as opposed to Chinese unification or the status quo in Cross-Strait relations. Currently, Tai ..., although he denied any such sympathies. Subsequently, his scenes were dropped from the film '' No Other Love''. Selected filmography Awards and nominations References External links * Leon Dai at Chinesemov.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Dai, Leon 1966 births Living people Taiwanese film directors Taiwanese male film actors Taiwanese male television actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time (magazine)
''Time'' (stylized in all caps) is an American news magazine based in New York City. For nearly a century, it was published Weekly newspaper, weekly, but starting in March 2020 it transitioned to every other week. It was first published in New York City on March 3, 1923, and for many years it was run by its influential co-founder, Henry Luce. A European edition (''Time Europe'', formerly known as ''Time Atlantic'') is published in London and also covers the Middle East, Africa, and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition (''Time Asia'') is based in Hong Kong. The South Pacific edition, which covers Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, is based in Sydney. Since 2018, ''Time'' has been published by Time USA, LLC, owned by Marc Benioff, who acquired it from Meredith Corporation. History ''Time'' has been based in New York City since its first issue published on March 3, 1923, by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce. It was the first weekly news magazine in the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kao Ming-chun
Kao may refer to: Mythology * Kao (bull), a supernatural divine bull in Meitei mythology, captured by Khuman Khamba Places * Käo, Saare County, Estonia, a village * Käo, Tartu County, Estonia, a village * Kao, Indonesia, a town * Kao, Lesotho, a community council * Kao, Niger, a village and rural commune * Kao, Togo, a village * Kao (island), Tonga * Kao (crater), a lunar crater People * Gao (surname), sometimes romanized as Kao * Kaō (painter) ), Japanese painter * R. N. Kao (1918–2002), Indian spymaster, first chief of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing Acronym * Kuiper Airborne Observatory * Keith-Albee-Orpheum, abbreviated KAO or K-A-O, owners of an American chain of vaudeville and motion picture theatres * Communist Workers Organisation (Netherlands) (''Kommunistische Arbeidersorganisatie'') Other uses * Kao language, of Indonesia * Kaō, a stylized signature or a mark used in place of a signature in East Asia * Kao Corporation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsai Chen-nan
Tsai Chen-nan (; born 26 July 1954) is a Taiwanese actor and singer. Tsai was invited by the Hsinkang Foundation of Culture and Education to perform in Xingang, Chiayi, by the organization founder Chen Chin-huang, who sought to mitigate the effects that a widespread had on his hometown. Tsai performed alongside the Cloud Gate Dance Theater led by fellow Xingang native Lin Hwai-min in June 1987. Tsai won the Golden Melody Award for best Taiwanese vocalist, and the Golden Melody Award for Album of the Year in 1997. His Hokkien pop songs have received attention from China, where he has been considered a "green performer," supportive of Taiwan independence. Tsai appeared in several films directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien at the start of his acting career. He portrayed a gang leader in ''Comes the Black Dog'' (2004), and (2015). In 2010, Tsai won best actor at the Rome Asian Film Festival for his portrayal of a police officer in . Tsai was a hunter and love interest of Lu Yi-ching's cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
51st Berlin International Film Festival
The 51st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 7 to 18, 2001. The festival opened with war-drama film ''Enemy at the Gates'' by Jean-Jacques Annaud. 70mm film, 70 mm restored version of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 Sci-fi film ''2001: A Space Odyssey (film), 2001: A Space Odyssey'' was the closing film of the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to French-British film ''Intimacy (2001 film), Intimacy'' directed by Patrice Chéreau. The retrospective dedicated to German-Austrian filmmaker, screenwriter Fritz Lang was shown at the festival. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: * Bill Mechanic, producer (United States) - Jury President * Jacqueline Bisset, actress (United Kingdom) * Diego Galán, director and film critic (Spain) * Kyoko Hirano, writer (Japan) * Fatih Akın, director, screenwriter, producer and actor (Germany) * Dario Argento, director, screenwriter and producer (Italy) * Xie Fei (director), Xie Fei, dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Bear For Best Director
The Silver Bear for Best Director (german: Silberner Bär/Bester Regie) is an award presented annually at the Berlin International Film Festival since 1956. It is given for the best achievement in directing and is chosen by the International Jury from the films in the Competition slate at the festival. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival held in 1956, Robert Aldrich was the first winner of this award for his work on '' Autumn Leaves'', and Claire Denis is the most recent winner in this category for her work on '' Both Sides of the Blade'' at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival in 2022. History The award was first presented in 1956. The prize was not awarded on five occasions (1969, 1971, 1973–74, and 1981). In 1970, no awards were given as the festival was called off mid-way due to the controversy over official selection film, '' o.k.'' by Michael Verhoeven, which led to the resignation of the international jury. Mario Monicelli has received the most awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
