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Hong Kong veteran director wins top film honours
2007-01-22
Hong Kong's veteran director Johnnie To has earned two top honours, winning prizes for best picture and best director in awards voted by local critics. To's gangster flick, "Election 2", a sequel to the popular "Election" movie, was named the best film, beating six others including his own gang war epic "Exiled", which won him the best director prize, the Hong Kong Film Critics Society said Monday. To takes his fascination with the former British colony's underworld to its next logical step with "Election 2" and explores how the triads cope under the iron rule of a Chinese regime that regained control of the city in 1997. Kung fu icon Jet Li was named best actor for his role that portrays martial arts master Huo Yuanjiain in "Fearless". Chinese starlet Gong Li bagged the best actress gong for her empress role in "Curse of the Golden Flower", the most expensive film made in Hong Kong with a budget of 45 million US dollars. The organisation said the decision came after a heated debate and voting that lasted over 10 hours. The awards ceremony has been scheduled for March.
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