The Sacrifice (2020)

Original title

金刚川

Directed by

Frant Gwo, Guan Hu, Lu Yang

Genre

war, history, action, drama

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

16

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 56 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film shows the Korean War from three different viewpoints. Chinese soldiers work to defend a key bridge under constant attack.

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What happens

The Sacrifice (Chinese: 金刚川; pinyin: Jīngāng chuān; lit. 'Kumgang River') is a 2020 Chinese anthology war drama film directed by Guan Hu, Frant Gwo, and Lu Yang, and starring Zhang Yi, Wu Jing, Li Jiuxiao, Vision Wei, and Deng Chao. The film depicts the Korean War from three perspectives and segments, each directed by a different director. The film is noted for having done its production in less than two months. Filming started for the film in August 2020 and wrapped on September 20, 2020. The film was originally scheduled to be screened on 25 October 2020, but the date was moved up to 23 October. The tagline on the promotional poster is "National defense brooks no delay" (保家卫国刻不容缓). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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