A Foggy Tale (大濛) emerged as the biggest winner at the 62nd Golden Horse Awards ceremony on Saturday evening, taking four honors at the awards considered a Chinese-language equivalent of the Oscars
The film, directed by Taiwanese filmmaker Chen Yu-hsun (陳玉勳), edged out Queerpanorama (眾生相) by a vote of 8-7 to win best narrative feature, according to the judging panel.
The other nominees were The Waves Will Carry Us (人生海海), Left-handed Girl (左撇子女孩) and Mother Bhumi (地母).
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A Foggy Tale depicts the lives of ordinary citizens during the White Terror era, when the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) government persecuted perceived political dissidents as part of efforts to prevent infiltration by the Chinese Communist Party.
The story follows a girl who travels to northern Taiwan to retrieve the body of her executed brother. She forms a bond with a former soldier and rickshaw driver who help her along the way.
A Foggy Tale entered this year’s awards with 11 nominations — the most of any film — and claimed wins in prestigious categories including best original screenplay, best makeup and costume design and best art direction.
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Lucky Lu (幸福之路) and Mother Bhumi each won three honors to tie as the second-biggest winners, taking home best actor and best actress, respectively.
Left-handed Girl, which is representing Taiwan in next year’s Academy Awards for best international feature film and had the second-most nominations with nine, finished with one honor — best new performer for Ma Shih-yuan (馬士媛).
Family Matters (我家的事) and Palimpsest: The Story of a Name (隱蹟之書:重寫自我) each won two awards.
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Hong Kong filmmaker Li Jun (李駿碩) was named best director for Queerpanorama.
Taiwanese actor Chang Chen (張震) was awarded best actor — the second time in five years — for his role in Lucky Lu, in which he portrays an immigrant delivery worker living in a Chinatown neighborhood in the US who struggles against multiple hardships while striving to support his family.
Chinese actress Fan Bingbing (范冰冰) was named best actress for her performance in the film Mother Bhumi, in which she portrays a widowed farmer in the late 1990s who lives a frugal life with her children amid political turmoil in northern Malaysia.
Fan did not attend the ceremony and director Chong Keat-aun (張吉安) accepted the award on Fan’s behalf.
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