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By AGENCIES Issue No. 573 Published on 2004-09-30 Posted on 2004-09-30 Spanish surprise CHINESE actress and director Xu Jinglei won the Silver Shell Award for Best Director at the 52nd San Sebastian film festival in Spain last Saturday. The international festival honoured Xu for her touching film "Letter from an Unknown Woman" (Yige Mosheng N¨¹ren De Laixin). The movie, adapted from an Austrian romance novel by Stefan Zweig, tells the story of a woman who devotes her life to a secret lover. Apart from directing, Xu also stars in the leading role alongside veteran Chinese actor Jiang Wen. It is scheduled for theatrical release in China on Valentine's Day 2005 and Xu is confident that it will satisfy audiences: "I give my assurance that moviegoers will feel that every penny they paid for the ticket is worth it." This is the second movie Xu has directed. She made her directorial debut in 2002 with "My Father and I" (Wo He Fuqin), which was well received. Some 16 movies were competing over eight days in the competition in Spain. A film about Iraqi child victims of war "Turtles Can Fly", from Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi, won the Concha de Oro (Golden Shell) award. |
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