Better Days

Filmmaker Ang Lee and actor Zhang Ziyi in conversation with Academy President Janet Yang.

Marking their tenth film collaboration, Andy Lau and Deannie Ip star in director Ann Hui’s heartwarming drama inspired by the personal experience of producer Roger Lee. Lau plays Roger, an unmarried filmmaker who takes on the role of caregiver after his longtime live-in maid Ah Tao, played by Ip, has a stroke. With Hui’s naturalistic directing and touches of humor, along with Lau and Ip’s nuanced performances, the film won all the top awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards and became Hong Kong’s official submission for the International Feature Film category at the Oscars.