The best Maggie Cheung’s documentary movies
Maggie Cheung Man yuk (born 20 September 1964) is a Hong Kong actress. Raised in England and Hong Kong, she has over 70 films to her credit since starting her career in 1983. Some of her most commercially successful work was in the action genre, but Cheung once said in an interview that of all the work she has done, the films that really meant something to her are Song of the Exile, Center Stage, Comrades: Almost a Love Story and In the Mood for Love. As Emily Wang in Clean, her last starring role to date, she became the first Asian actress to win a prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Cheung's native language is Cantonese, but she is multilingual, having learned to speak English, Mandarin and French.
The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse
7.2/10
In 2013, the Golden Horse Film Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary. The ministry of Culture commissioned director Yang Li-chou to make a documentary about the history of Golden Horse. What is unique to this film is that it's not an ode to celebrities but about the role cinema plays in ordinary people's lives. It's a love letter to cinema, filmmakers and audiences.
@In the Mood for Love
A documentary following Wong Kar-wai and his cast and crew through the production of his 2000 film IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE.
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
A German documentary on Hong Kong cinema.
Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung
5.4/10
Experimental short made by Olivier Assayas for Fondation of Contemporary Art and starring Maggie Cheung.
