The late director Benny Chan, who passed away in 2020, was posthumously awarded the best director prize for his cops-and-robbers actionerat the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards. Actor Andy Lau accepted the award on behalf of Chan’s widow.also took home the best film, best action choreography and best film editing awards. Its lead Donnie Yen was a producer and one of the action choreographers of the film.
The awards ceremony, held in front of an audience for the first time since the start of the pandemic, was to commend films from both 2020 and 2021 as the ceremony was canceled last year. The 85-year-old veteran Patrick Tse was crowned best actor for his portrayal of a hitman-turned-noodle maker in black comedyTse was greeted on stage by a rousing standing ovation. A former matinée idol who was the highest paid actor across Asia in the 1950s, Tse has been active in the film industry for 70 years and received the lifetime achievement award at the 2019 Hong Kong Film Awards. His first-time Hong Kong Film Awards win made him the oldest best actor winner ever.
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