Hong Kong has an award-winning record in Hollywood

2001

Official competition film at the 58th Venice Film Festival in 2001

2002

Won 14 Taiwan Golden Horse Awards in 2002 Nominated

Best Director Chen Guo

Best Costume Make-up Design Jessie Dai

Best Screenplay Originally Written for the Screen (nominated) Chen Guo

Best Actor (nominated) Chen Yingming

Best Actress (nominated) Zhou Xun

Best New Actor (nominated) Huang Younan

Best Supporting Actress (nominated) Wei-Men Hu

Best Original Song, Best Original Score, Best Film, Best Sound Effects, Best Editing

Best Cinematography (Nomination) Sing-Pui O

Best Art Direction (Nomination)

2002 4th Manila International Film Festival (Cinemanila International Film Festival) Netpac Award

The opening film of the 26th Hong Kong International Film Festival in 2002

2003

7 nominations for the 2003 Hong Kong Film Awards

Best Music ( Nominated) Lin Huaquan

Best Director (nominated) Chen Guo

Best Screenplay (nominated) Chen Guo

Best Film (nominated)

Best Music (nominated) Hing-Cheung Chu

Best Costumes (nominated) Jessie Dai

Best New Actor (nominated) Huang Younan

The 9th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards 2003

Best Screenplay (Chen Guo), recommended film. Nominated for Best Director and Best Film.

Best Asian Feature Film at the 16th Singapore International Film Festival in 2003 (nominated)