Overview

• Cai Shangjun directed the drama, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
• Xin plays a small business owner seeking to reconcile with a former lover who served prison time for her past crime.
• In her acceptance speech, she said she felt like she was dreaming, voiced pride in representing Chinese actresses, and urged girls to chase their dreams.
• The recognition builds on her rise from Berlin’s Crosscurrent in 2016 to the hit 2023 series Blossoms Shanghai.
• She is the first Chinese woman to receive Venice’s Best Actress since Deanie Ip in 2011, following Gong Li’s 1992 win.