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Tony Leung gets emotional accepting lifetime achievement award from Ang Lee at Venice Film Festival

Tony Leung broke down in tears while accepting the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award Saturday at the Venice Film Festival. "You want to make me cry!" the veteran actor said after director Ang Lee showered him with praise and presented him with the honor. The titan of Hong Kong cinema received the award after three of his movies — "A City of Sadness" (1989), "Cyclo" (1995) and "Lust, ...
Tony Leung reacts after receiving the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award at the 80th Venice Film Festival on Sept. 2, 2023, at Venice Lido.

Tony Leung broke down in tears while accepting the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award Saturday at the Venice Film Festival.

"You want to make me cry!" the veteran actor said after director Ang Lee showered him with praise and presented him with the honor. The titan of Hong Kong cinema received the award after three of

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