Jul 10, 2022Dutch_Guy rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Very moving ... we identified with the daughter as well as the father and mother ... such a demonstration of self-giving love in the face of huge injustice and pain.
I don't like to watch a movie in another language so when I found out it was in In Chinese with subtitles I took it back without watching. Too many English speaking movies. Thank you for the warning.
Jun 19, 2021BraveNOTPerfect rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Watch this movie to see what ideology of any sort can do to you and your families. When fear and propaganda turn one family member against another, that is the moment when we lose our souls.
“All of the sons of Adam are part of one…
May 30, 2019Moviereviewer rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A Chinese film spoken in Chinese with English subtitles.
A well made film, somewhat slow but showing the harsh life during and after the cultural revolution and what occurs if you spoke out in dissent. A tragic and very sad film. It…
Oct 29, 2018Ron@Ottawa rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This film by Chinese director Zhang Yi Mou is a far cry from his recent splashy but hollow costume dramas. It is a more serious film dealing with the trauma of a family during and after the Cultural Revolution. If nothing else, it gives…
Zhang Yimou's best in years after all those costume/martial art spectacles. Though amnesia (via concussion, or Alzheimer) theme is done to death in the West, there's still something fresh here: using all their wile, an exiled father and…
Apr 04, 2017akirakato rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is a 2014 Chinese historical drama directed by Zhang Yimou, based on the novel:"The Criminal Lu Yanshi (陆犯焉识; 陸犯焉識)" written by novelist Geling Yan.
Lu Yanshi was a professor before being sent to the labor camp during the Cultural…
Apr 01, 2017Annieoywong rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
An emotional film by Director Zhang Yimou and actress Gong Li. A husband was arrested for twenty years during the Cultural Revolution, when he came home after his release, he found his beloved wife had amnesia and did not recognize him. As…
This movie is by far my favorite poignant film. I won't tell you which scene it is that tore my heart right out of me. English subtitles are short; doesn't interfere with watching the movie. Also, it's so great to watch something that…
Nov 14, 2016jimg2000 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
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A tear-jerking love story during the horrors of the Chinese Cultural Revolution and its long lasting damage to China's social fabric, based on Yan Geling’s novel "The Criminal Lu Yanshi." From critics:
7.3/10…
Aug 05, 2016voisjoe1_0 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Director Zhang Yimou and Actress Gong LI collaborated on six internationally acclaimed films from mid 80’s to mid 90’s and then went their separate ways. Together again for this film, they made this film which is very reminiscent of the…
Aug 02, 2016maipenrai rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I fell in love with Li Gong almost 30 years ago when I saw "Red Sorghum", Ju Dou" and later "Raise the Red Lantern". Her face, still exquisite after all these years expresses more emotion without words than many actors can hope to…
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