‘Bodyguards and Assassins’ dominates Hong Kong awards, wins best film, best director

‘Bodyguards and Assassins’ dominates HK awards

HONG KONG — An action thriller about a group of volunteers who protect modern China’s founding father from imperial assassins dominated the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards, winning best film and seven other awards.

“Bodyguards and Assassins” also clinched best director for Hong Kong filmmaker Teddy Chen.

The sentimental favorite “Echoes of the Rainbow,” a nostalgic look back at 1960s Hong Kong, won best script for director Alex Law. Veteran Simon Yam, who plays a quiet, hardworking cobbler in the movie, was named best actor.

Wai Ying-hung was crowned best actress for portraying a single mother whose son faces rape charges in “At the End of Daybreak.”

Best supporting actor went to Nicholas Tse, who was a rickshaw driver in “Bodyguards and Assassins.” Michelle Ye won best supporting actress for “Accident,” in which she is part of a criminal team that masquerades murders as accidents.