The Road Home (1999)
- Directed by
- Zhang Yimou
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Rated
- 0
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 229 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A son returns to his rural village for his father's funeral. He recalls the love story between his parents when his mother was a young country girl and his father was the village teacher.
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What happens
The Road Home (Chinese: 我的父親母親; lit. 'My Father and Mother') is a 1999 Chinese romantic drama film directed by Zhang Yimou. It also marked the cinematic debut of the Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi. The Road Home was written by author Bao Shi, who adapted the screenplay from his novel, Remembrance. It tells the story of a country girl and a young teacher falling in love, and the teacher's death many years later that brings their son back from the big city for the funeral. The film was shot immediately after Zhang Yimou's previous film, Not One Less, and was released to positive reviews in China on October 16, 1999. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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