On April 14, the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards presented all the awards. "The Vicious Lawyer" was a runner-up all night, and basically lost all 10 nominations, but finally won the Best Picture Award.
Stills from "The Poison Lawyer"
Tony Leung Chiu-wai won the Best Actor award again for "Gold Finger". His previous five wins were for "Chungking Express", "Happy Together", "In the Mood for Love", "Infernal Affairs" and "2046".
Stills from Goldfinger
In addition, David Chiang, 76, who has been in the film industry for 72 years, was nominated for the Hong Kong Film Awards for the first time for "Under the Sun" and won the Best Supporting Actor Award.
[List of winners of the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards]
Best Film: "Good Samaritan"
Best Director: Cheang Pou-soi, "Murder"
Best Actor: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, "Gold Finger"
Best Actress: Yu Xiangning, Under the Sun
Best Supporting Actor: David Chiang, Under the Sun
Best Supporting Actress: Liang Yongting, "Under the Sun"
Best Asian Chinese Film: "The Three Evils"
Best Screenplay: You Naihai and Li Chunhui, "Murder"
Best Editing: Leung Chin-lun and David Richardson, "Murder"
Best Cinematography: Pan Yaoming, "Gold Finger"
Best Costume Design: Wen Nien-chung, "Gold Finger"
Best Art Direction: Lin Ziqiao, "Gold Finger"
Best Visual Effects: Huang Zhili and Pan Zhiheng, "Gold Finger"
Best Sound: Nopawat Rickit Wang, "Goldfinger"
Best Action Choreography: Dong Wei, "Breaking Point"
Best Original Song for a Film: "Lyrics for Soul," "Lyrics for L"
Best Original Film Score: Teddy Robin and Dai Wei, "4 Beats 4 Family"
Best New Director: Zhuo Yiqian, "Diary of a Young Man"
Best New Performer: Tse Wing Yan, "May We Live Long"
Lifetime Achievement Award: Sammo Hung
Professional Spirit Award: Tang Ping (Film Costume Management)