FILM REVIEW - The Postmodern Life of My Aunt

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Ye Rutang (Siqin Gaowa) is an old-fashioned Chinese woman, with very little money, living in fast-paced, modern Shanghai. Her values are seriously challenged when she encounters three people: Kuan-Kuan, her young nephew, Mr Pan Zichang (Chow Yun Fat), an ageing charmer and Jin Yonghua, a homeless woman. In their different ways they try to con Mrs Ye out of her meagre finances and she undergoes a crisis of faith in human nature, culminating in falling down and breaking her leg. Reflecting on her misfortune i
Best Actress, Best Original Film Score - Hong Kong Film Awards 2008 Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress - Hong Kong Film Critics Society 2007 Best Actress Award - Beijing Student Film Festival 2007 Official Selection: "Winds of Asia" Tokyo Int'l Film Festival 2006 "Special Presentation Programme" - Toronto Int'l Film 2006 "Window of Asia" Pusan Int'l Film Festival 2006