The Crossing (2014)

Original title

太平轮（上）

Directed by

John Woo

Genre

drama film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

2h 09m

Rated

15

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Several couples and passengers from different walks of life board a ship in 1949 China. Their lives intertwine as the ship sinks with great loss.

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What happens

The Crossing (Chinese: 太平轮) is a 2014–2015 epic historical romance-war drama (part 1) and disaster film (part 2) directed by John Woo and written by Hui-Ling Wang. The film stars Zhang Ziyi, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Song Hye-kyo, Huang Xiaoming, Tong Dawei and Masami Nagasawa. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film is based on the sinking of the Taiping in 1949. The incident led to the deaths of over 1,500 passengers and crew. The film's first part was released in China on December 2, 2014. Part two was released on July 30, 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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