This award makes Lee the third Taiwanese director to take the Golden Lion for best picture at Venice, following Hou Hsiao-hsien's 1989 win for City of Sadness and Tsai Ming-liang's 1994 win for Vive L'amour.
這也是繼 1989 年侯孝賢的《悲情城市》，以及 1994 年蔡明亮的《愛情萬歲》後，台灣導演第 3 度獲得威尼斯影展金獅獎殊榮。