Sunday, March 4, 2012

'Mother' named best picture at Asian Film Awards

A South Korean drama about a mother's quest to exonerate her mentally handicapped son from murder allegations shined at the fourth Asian Film Awards on Monday, clinching best picture and top acting honors for veteran performer Kim Hye-ja.

"Mother" also bagged the best screenplay prize for director Bong Joon-ho and co-writer Park Eun-kyo.

Lu Chuan won best director for "City of Life and Death," a grim, black-and-white picture about Japanese atrocities during its World War II-era invasion of China.

Wang Xueqi was named best actor for playing a businessman in imperial China who sympathized with the revolutionary cause in …

No comments:

Post a Comment