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Floating Life
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Wikipedia article
'Floating Life' is a 1996 Australian drama film directed by Clara Law about a Hong Kong family who move to Australia. The film was selected as the Australian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Cast
*Annette Shun Wah as 'Yen Chan'
*Annie Yip as 'Bing Chan'
*Anthony Wong as 'Gar Ming'
*Edwin Pang as 'Mr. Chan'
*Cecilia Fong Sing Lee as 'Mrs. Chan'
*Toby Wong as 'Yue'
*Toby Chan as 'Chau'
*Julian Pulvermacher as 'Michael', Yen's husband
*Bruce Poon as 'Cheung', Bing's husband
*Celia Ireland
Awards
*1996: Locarno International Film Festival 'Silver Leopard' (Clara Law)
*1996: Golden Horse Film Festival 'Golden Horse Award' (Best Original Score: Davood A. Tabrizi)
*1996: Gijn International Film Festival 'Best Director' (Clara Law)
*1996: Gijn International Film Festival 'Grand Prix Asturias' (Best Feature: Clara Law)
*1997: Crteil International Women's Film Festival 'Grand Prix' (Clara Law)
Availability
The film was released on videocassette by Cineplex Odeon and Universal in Canada. 14 Accompaniment classification. The film was released on DVD in 2006 by Kanopy for limited Australian institutional use.
Box office
'Floating Life' grossed $141,398 at the box office in Australia.
See also
* Cinema of Australia
* List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Australian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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