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The Crossing (2014)

The Crossing poster
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
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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)

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