Kean Wong:
And if you can't make it to Cannes, here's a preview of an early work by famous Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai. His film 'Ashes of Time' premiered at Cannes on Sunday. Here's more:

Comparing his films to his children, Chinese director Wong Kar Wai says 'Ashes of Time' was like the forgotten middle child.

[Wong Kar Wai, Director]:
"It is like this this is our first production and this is like, if I compare like all my films with my kids, this is the kid that is not well treated at that point. So we want to do it right this time."

Based on Louis Cha's famous martial-art novel 'The Eagle -Shooting heroes', 'Ashes' premiered in 1994. It's shot in the Chinese desert, and tells the story of the novel's two main characters, the Lord of the East and the Lord of the West.

But Wong says the technical standards of the release at the time, were not up to par. But when he finally decided to re-work the film, he discovered that the original negatives were all but destroyed.

To restore the film, he had to hunt down prints locked up in Chinatown warehouses all over the world.

Actor Tony Leung was also at Cannes for the premiere. Leung plays a blind swordsman in 'Ashes,' and has starred in many Wong Kar Wai films. He said a lot had changed since 'Ashes' was filmed.

[Tony Leung, Actor]:
"What I remember is I used to fight every day on the desert and we have to travel like four hours every day to the shooting location and we are shooting in a very remote place in China, so everything is no comparison to nowadays shooting. The shooting condition is really bad at that time."

Wong and Leung were also joined on the red carpet by 'Ashes' Director of Photography Christian Doyle for the premiere.