The Sunny Side Of The Street, the debut characteristic by Hong Kong-based, Malaysian director Lau Kok Rui, has bagged six nominations at this 12 months’s Golden Horse Awards, dubbed the Chinese Oscars.
Starring well-known Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong – who obtained a Best Leading Actor nod for the position – the film centres on a friendship between a taxi driver and a 10-year-old Pakistani refugee boy as the previous helps the teen flee town.
Besides Wong’s nomination, The Sunny Side Of The Street can be competing within the Best Narrative Feature, Best New Director, Best New Performer, Best Cinematography and Best Original Screenplay classes.
Lau not solely directed the film, but additionally wrote the screenplay. In an interview, he stated the story is impressed by his personal distant relationship along with his father and having felt alone in a international land.
It’s reported the director-scriptwriter left Malaysia some 14 years in the past to Hong Kong to additional his schooling. He was 18 years previous then.
The Golden Horse Awards nominations have been introduced on Tuesday (Sept 27) and the awards ceremony will happen in Taipei, Taiwan, on Nov 19.
Hong Kong crime thriller Limbo dominates the occasion with 14 nominations.
All the nominated movies will probably be screened throughout the Golden Horse Film Festival, occurring from Nov 2-20.
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‘The Sunny Side Of The Street’ is the debut characteristic by Hong Kong-based, Malaysian director Lau Kok Rui. Photo: Golden Horse Film Academy
