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VN actress wins hearts in China

Vietnamese newcomer Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc was named a favourite actress in the foreign film category at the 20 th Jin Ji Bai Hua (Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers) Film Festival in Anhui, China.
Vietnamese newcomer Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc was named a favourite actress inthe foreign film category at the 20 th Jin Ji Bai Hua (Golden Roosterand Hundred Flowers) Film Festival in Anhui, China.

The 21-year-old won the award for her role in Canh Dong Bat Tan (Floating Lives) by director Nguyen Phan Quang Binh.

Based on the best-selling novel Boundless Rice Field by Nguyen Ngoc Tu,the film centres around a family separated from the mainstream ofmodern society.

Floating Lives draws audiences into thecolourful daily life of unsophisticated peasants scratching a living inthe beautiful but unforgiving vastness of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta.

Floating Lives was Ngoc's first film while she was studying at the HCM City Theatre and Cinematography College.

Actress Emma Lohoues from the Ivory Coast was also presented with afavourite actress award in a foreign film. RoK actor Lee Sun-jae andJapan's Hajime Yoshii won the favourite foreign actors awards in themen's category. The 12-year-old Japanese actor is the youngest winner ofan award at the festival.

The Golden Rooster Awards isthe most prestigious film festival in mainland China. The awards,presented by the China Film Association, began in 1981, the year of therooster. Winners are awarded a statuette in the shape of a goldenrooster.

The judging panel reviewed 28 movies from 18 countries and territories for this year’s awards that ended on Oct. 22./.
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