17 Chinese films with a Cannes Award

"The Emperor and the Assassin" by Chen Kaige won the Technical Prize in Cannes in 1999. [File photo]

About the film:

The film covers a great deal of Ying Zheng's life, from his early life as a hostage to his dominance over China, and depicts him essentially as an idealist seeking to impose a peace or unity on the world and defeated by various betrayals and losses.