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Raging Fire wins best film at Hong Kong Film Awards
HONG KONG (AP) — Action-packed police thriller
Raging Fire won best film and three other awards at the
Hong Kong Film Awards, beating out a crowd favorite film
about late Cantopop singer Anita Mui.
The 40th Hong Kong Film Awards took place July 17,
after it was postponed thrice from April following the
city’s biggest COVID-19 outbreak. It was also the first
time that the awards were held in-person since 2019.
Raging Fire sees action star Donnie Yen play an
incorruptible policeman who ends up going head-to-head
with a former mentee played by Nicholas Tse, who wants
revenge after Yen’s character put him in prison.
The movie is a swan song by director Benny Chan, who
died of cancer in August 2020 while the movie was still in
post-production.
Chan posthumously won the Best Director Award.
Raging Fire also won for Best Editing as well as Best
Action Choreography.
The film that took home the most awards for the night
was Anita, a biographical drama film about Mui.
Anita, which was the highest-grossing Hong Kong film
in 2021, bagged a total of five awards for Best Costume
and Design, Best Visual Effects, as well as Best Sound
Design.
The film topped the box office in Hong Kong upon
release, eventually grossing $18.5 million in total box
office sales. It topped the Hong Kong box office upon
debut, grossing some 61 million Hong Kong dollars ($7.8
million) in about seven weeks.
Anita also earned more than 10 million yuan ($1.48
million) on its opening day at the Chinese box office.
Louise Wong, who played Mui in the film, won Best New
Performer.
“Honestly, it wasn’t a day (or) overnight that I could
play the role Anita,” said Wong. “I’m grateful for the
team’s support and encouragement.”
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CHAN’S SWAN SONG. Actor Donnie Yen poses for a portrait in Los
Angeles in this March 8, 2020 file photo. Yen plays an incorruptible po-
liceman who ends up going head-to-head with a former mentee in the
action-packed police thriller Raging Fire, which won best film and three
other awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards. (Photo by Rebecca Cabage/
Invision/AP/File)
“They helped me gradually understand Anita and the
role,” she said. “I’m very grateful that I could experience
her life.”
Malaysian actor Fish Liew, who played Mui’s sister Ann
Mui, won Best Supporting Actress.
Another big winner at the award ceremony was crime
thriller film Limbo which is based on the novel Wisdom
Tooth by Chinese author Lei Mi. The film follows two
policemen in their efforts to hunt down a serial killer.
The film won Best Screenplay, Best Art Direction, and
Best Cinematography.
Cya Liu, who played a drug addict who becomes a target
for the serial killer, won Best Actress for her portrayal of
the role.
“I’m grateful for the chance to perform in this movie and
for director Soi Cheang’s trust and recognition,” said Liu.
“With his encouragement, I could completely engage in
playing the role and act. Today is the first time in my life ...
that I feel the recognition as an actress.”
Meanwhile, 85-year-old Patrick Tse took home the
award for best actor for his performance in the film Time,
which centers on the city’s neglected elderly population.
He was given a standing ovation while receiving his
award.
Comedian and actor Michael Hui was also presented a
Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the
comedy genre in Hong Kong’s film industry.