''Blue Cha Cha'' (

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: ''Shēn hǎi'', 深海) is a 2005

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by Chen Wen-Tang. It was Taiwan's submission to the 79th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. ''Blue Cha Cha'' depicts Ah Yu (

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), a woman in her thirties who has just been released from prison. She stays with an older women, An An (

Lu Yi-ching Lu Yi-ching (born 23 October 1958) is a Taiwanese actress. She has appeared in several films directed by Tsai Ming-liang, such as '' What Time Is It There?'' and ''The Wayward Cloud'', and films by Cheng Wen-tang, including '' Blue Cha Cha''. ...

), the proprietor of a girlie bar in the port town of Kaohsiung, and attempts to form relationships with two men: businessman Chen Sang (

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) and factory worker Hao (Wei Lee). The film did the rounds of the European film festival circuit, screening at the 2006 International Film Festival Rotterdam, the 2006 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and the 33rd Brussels International Independent Film Festival where it won the festival's Grand Prize. In 2016, ten years after its release, the film screened as part of the Kaohsiung Film Festival. Actress

won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film at the 51st

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in 2006. She was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 42nd Golden Horse Awards in 2005 but lost to

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for ''

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''. At the same awards, the film's composer Cincin Lee won the Best Original Film Score award for the

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