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Ang Lee's steamy Lust,Caution trotted off as the big winner on Saturday at the 2007 Golden Horse awards, the most coveted Chinese-language film prizes, picking up seven honours including best director and best film. Despite its low profile in the West, the Golden Horse is a spectacular occasion for the Chinese-speaking world, with top talent from Taiwan, Hong Kong and China turning out each year for the red-carpet event in Taipei.
Lust, Caution, the favourite going into the event, also helped Lee win the award for outstanding Taiwanese filmmaker of the year. Despite its success to date, Taiwan was prohibited from submitting Lust for the Academy Awards foreign film category after the Academy ruled its cast was too international.
Lee said he was not optimistic about the film's chances in next year's other Academy Award categories, as the film has not been very well received in the United States, in part due to its explicit sexual content, resulting in an adults-only rating.
