Well received in China and the Chinese-speaking world but very obscure in the United States , the film won the 51st Venice Film Festival 's Best Actor Award for its young lead actor Xia Yu ( Xia was then the youngest recipient of the Best Actor award at Venice ) as well as the Golden Horse Film Awards for Best Picture , Best Director and Best Actor . American director Quentin Tarantino also gave high praises to the film , calling it " really great . " It was the first People 's Republic of China film to win Best Picture in the Golden Horse Film Awards , in the very year where Chinese-language films from the mainland were first allowed to participate
51st Venice Film Festival
51st Venice International Film Festival
In the Heat of the Sun