Liu Dan
Winner Profile
Best Supporting Actress
As Su Nianzhen, Gone with the Boat
Jury Citation
In Gone with the Boat, Liu Dan accurately captures the psychological shifts and emotional swings of a character with different identities across multiple relationships. The character's personality and emotional state are restrained and held in check, showing the actress's mature, steady command of the role.
Gone with the Boat: Synopsis
Zhou Jin (Ge Zhaomei), an old woman living alone in a village by the canal, is suddenly diagnosed with a brain tumour, and her children, who live far away, have to come home to care for her. Her elder daughter Su Nianzhen (Liu Dan) runs a study-abroad consultancy in Shanghai and is going through her second divorce; she insists on giving her mother the best treatment. Her younger son Su Nianqing (Wu Zhoukai), a tour guide always on the move, supports their mother in letting go and accepting impermanence. Facing death, Zhou Jin searches for a spiritual home, and as Su Nianzhen and Su Nianqing keep discovering their mother's secrets, they are losing their last connection to their hometown.