KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 -- Fresh off her Oscar-winning triumph, Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh is heading back to Chinese-language cinema - and this time she's trading multiverses for Magic Cubes.

The Ipoh-born actress stars in It's My Time, an uplifting drama inspired by the remarkable true story of a retired teacher who discovered an extraordinary talent later in life.

The film, directed and co-written by Bai Xue and produced by Wen Muye, premiered in China on June 30 and arrives in Malaysian cinemas on July 23.

Yeoh plays Zhao Yanhong, a woman in her seventies who refuses to settle into a quiet life at a nursing home after uncovering an unexpected gift for solving Magic Cube puzzles.

Instead, she throws herself into competitions, determined to...