Ang Lee's 'Lust, Caution' leads Taiwan 'Oscars' nominations

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2007

TAIPEI (AFP) — Taiwanese director Ang Lee's spy thriller "Lust, Caution" leads nominations for this year's Golden Horse Film Awards, considered the Chinese-language "Oscars", organisers said Saturday.

"Lust, Caution" is nominated for 12 awards, including the coveted best director and best film, for the 44th awards to be handed out in a ceremony scheduled for December 8.

Chinese actress Tang Wei plays a resistance spy in "Lust, Caution" who slowly falls for her target, a powerful political figure played by Tong Leung, in Japanese-occupied Shanghai in the 1940s.

She is vying for the best leading actress award against film veteran Joan Chen (The Home Song Stories), Li Bingbing (The Knot) and Yu Nan (Tuya's Marriage).

Leung is up for best leading actor...

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