(CFP)

Chinese director Cai Shangjun was awarded a Silver Lion Award, as best director, for his latest movie, People Mountain People Sea, at the 68th Venice Film Festival Award on September 10, 2011.

The movie tells a tale of revenge based on real events. Returning to his home village after leaving for 10 years, Lao Tie, the leading character, discovers his brother has been murdered by Xiao. Lao sets out to find the killer and single-handedly brings him to justice. Marco Muller, President of the Festival, said that the movie revealed the true face of the human nature with realistic film language.

Cai has long been a famous scriptwriter in China. He wrote the scripts for a number of successful movies including Spicy Love Soup in 1997, Shower in 1999 and Sunflower in 2005. In 2006, Cai directed his first movie work The Red Awn and the movie turned out to be a huge international success. It won the Golden Alexander prize at the 48th International Thessaloniki Film Festival in 2007 and the Fipresci Prize at the 12th Pusan International Film Festival in 2007.