CANNES, France, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese director
Wong Kar-Wai, who presides over this year's jury at the Cannes Film Festival,
was awarded the French Legion of Honor on Sunday for capturing the sights and
sounds of Hong Kong on film.
"Your genius has lit up screens the world over with
the colors, perfumes, sounds and emotions of Hong Kong"," French Culture
Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres told Wong as he made him a Knight of the
Legion of Honor.
"You have invented a new cinema, a new way of writing
in ink and light which have overturned the public emotions and lit the way for a
whole new generation of filmmakers," the minister added.
Wong, who won the best director prize here in 1997
with "Happy Together", has presented four of his films at the Cannes Festival.
He said he was very flattered by the honor that
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