Hui’s 1995 film Summer Snow presented a warm and gentle picture of Alzheimer’s disease, a stigmatised subject in Hong Kong at the time
Alzheimer’s disease is not the most appealing subject for a film, and that was especially true in early 1990s Hong Kong, where those with mental or physical disabilities were often stigmatised or used as the butt of jokes.
The film won six Hong Kong Film Awards in 1996: for best picture, director, actor, actress, supporting actor and screenplay. Before that, Siao also took the prestigious Silver Bear award for best actress at the 1995 Berlin International Film Festival in Germany.
Summer Snow marked Hui’s return to Hong Kong filmmaking after a period of inactivity due to the failure of My American Grandson (1991).
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