The poignant art-house drama 'A Simple Life' swept up the top prizes at the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday night, with best-director winner Ann Hui giving an emotional acceptance speech as she thanked the city that continues to be a source of inspiration for her films.
'This is my chance to thank Hong Kong, because I might not win this award again,' Ms. Hui said. 'I grew up here, I received my education here. ... I want to work hard for this city in the future.'
'A Simple Life,' based on a true story about a middle-aged man who looks after his family's life-long servant after she suffers a stroke, also took home awards for best film, best screenplay, best actor for Andy Lau and best actress for Deanie Ip.
For Ms. Ip, the win completed a sweep of best-actress trophies, including at last month's Asian Film Awards and Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards in November. Her first best-actress award for the film came during its world premiere at last year's Venice Film Festival, where she beat out Oscar-winning actresses Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet, among others.
Both Ms. Ip and Ms. Hui are in their mid-60s, and they hinted in their separate acceptance speeches on Sunday that their wins could very well be their last opportunity for such recognition. Still, both have made clear that they will continue making movies.
The five awards for 'A Simple Life' served as vindication for small-budget Hong Kong movies, which have struggled in recent years to find an audience amid the growing number of blockbusters from mainland China and Taiwan.
Mr. Lau, who has produced a number of money-losing Cantonese-language movies over the years in an effort to support the industry that made him a star, was happy to note in his acceptance speech that his financial investment finally paid off. 'A Simple Life' has been a box-office success in both Hong Kong and China.
But it wasn't the only movie to walk away with five awards on Sunday night. Director Tsui Hark's 'Flying Swords of Dragon Gate' was the other big winner, picking up five awards including best action choreography and four other technical awards.
Reuters4月15日，文艺片《桃姐》横扫第31届香港金像奖，斩获多个最高奖项。图为影片主演叶德娴和刘德华在获奖后庆祝。
情节感人的文艺片《桃姐》周日晚上横扫第31届香港金像奖，斩获多个最高奖项，导演许鞍华获最佳导演奖，在其真情流露的获奖感言中，她感谢香港成为其电影的持续灵感来源。
许鞍华说，多谢香港这个城市。因为我可能不会再次获得这个奖项。我在这里出生，长大，在这里学习……我希望今后能多为这个城市做什么。
电影《桃姐》根据真实故事改编，讲述的是一位中年男子在家中老佣人中风后对其进行照料的故事，该片同时还获得了最佳影片奖和最佳剧本奖，该片主演刘德华和叶德娴分获最佳男女主角奖。
对于叶德娴来说，此次金马奖只是她凭借该片获得的多个最佳女主角奖项之一，在上个月的亚洲电影节和去年11月的台湾金马奖评选中，她同样获此殊荣。《桃姐》在去年威尼斯电影节上进行全球首映，她也凭借该片获得了第一个最佳女主角奖，打败了奥斯卡影后朱迪•福斯特（Jodie Foster）和凯特•温丝莱特(Kate Winslet)等竞争者。
叶德娴和许鞍华都已年过花甲，她们在周日的获奖感言上都曾暗示，此次获奖可能是她们最后一次获得这种认可。不过，她们也都表示将会继续电影事业。
《桃姐》获得的五个奖项证明了香港小制作电影的实力。近些年来，由于内地和台湾的大制作影片增多，港产小制作电影一直难以吸引观众。
刘德华这些年制作了很多亏本的粤语影片，以支持他赖以成名的香港电影业。他在发表获奖感言时指出，自己的金融投资终于有了回报。《桃姐》在香港和中国内地均票房大卖。
不过，这不是唯一一部周日晚上独揽五项大奖的电影。徐克(Tsui Hark)执导的《龙门飞甲》(Flying Swords of Dragon Gate)是当晚的另一个大赢家，摘得包括最佳动作设计和其它四个技术奖项在内共五个奖项。
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