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

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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