40 years have come and gone since "A Touch of Zen" was China's first production to gain recognition at the 28th Cannes Film Festival in 1975. At the 68th Cannes International Film Festival, director Hou Hsiao-Hsian's film "The Assassin" won the award for Best Director. Here we present to you the 16 Chinese films awarded in Cannes from 1975 to 2015.
1975年，中國影片《俠女》是第一部在第28屆戛納電影節上獲得認可的影片，如今已過去40個年頭。第68屆戛納國際電影節上，導演侯孝賢的電影《聶隱娘》獲得戛納電影節最佳導演獎。這里我們將帶您回顧從1975年到2015年在戛納國際電影節上獲獎的17部中國電影。

"The Asassin" by Hou Hsiao-Hsien won the award for Best Director in Cannes in 2015.
侯孝賢導演的《聶隱娘》獲得2015年戛納電影節最佳導演獎。

About the film:
Set in ninth-century China, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, a highly trained female assassin is sent back to her home province to kill its governor after failing in one very important mission. It just happens that the governor she was ordered to kill is also the man she loves.

影片簡介：
故事發生在公元9世紀中國晚唐，一位受過高度訓練的女殺手因為一次重要任務的失敗，被送回家鄉刺殺節度使。她受命刺殺的這位節度使恰好是她青梅竹馬的相好。