''Floating Life'' is a 1996 Australian

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directed by

Clara Law Clara Law Cheuk-yiu (, born 29 May 1957 in Macau) is a Hong Kong Second Wave film director. Law currently resides in Australia. Early life Clara Law was born on 29 May 1957 in Macau. At the age of 10 she moved to Hong Kong. Law studied at the ...

about a

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family who move to Australia. The film was selected as the Australian entry for the

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at the

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, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Cast

Annette Shun Wah Annette Shun Wah (born 26 March 1958) has an extensive career in the Australian screen and performance industries, particularly in television, film and theatre. She is a freelance writer, director, actress, and broadcaster, and since 2013, execu ...

as ''Yen Chan'' *

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as ''Bing Chan'' * Anthony Wong as ''Gar Ming'' * Edwin Pang as ''Mr. Chan'' *

Cecilia Fong Sing Lee Cecelia Lee Fung-Sing (; born May 6, 1933) is a Chinese actress and Cantonese opera singer from Hong Kong. Lee is known for cross-dressed in male role in Cantonese opera films. Lee is credited with over 55 films. Early life On May 6, 1933, Le ...

as ''Mrs. Chan'' * Toby Wong as ''Yue'' *

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as ''Chau'' * Julian Pulvermacher as ''Michael'', Yen's husband * Bruce Poon as ''Cheung'', Bing's husband *

Celia Ireland Celia Ireland (born 16 May 1966) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as Regina Butcher on the television series '' All Saints'' and her Logie award winning role as Liz Birdsworth on the prison drama series ''Wentworth''. E ...

Awards

*1996:

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''Silver Leopard'' (Clara Law) *1996:

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''Golden Horse Award'' (Best Original Score: Davood A. Tabrizi) *1996:

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''Best Director'' (Clara Law) *1996:

''Grand Prix Asturias'' (Best Feature: Clara Law) *1997:

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''Grand Prix'' (Clara Law)

Availability

The film was released on videocassette by

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and

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in Canada. The film was released on DVD in 2006 by

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for limited Australian institutional use.

Box office

''Floating Life'' grossed $141,398 at the box office in Australia.

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