Underplayed Gems

My Country, My Parents (2021)

My Country, My Parents poster
Original title
我和我的父辈
Directed by
Shen Teng, Xu Zheng, Wu Jing, Zhang Ziyi
Genre
drama film, comedy film, anthology film, science fiction film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
2h 37m
Rated
IIB
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This film follows four different families across four time periods, from the 1940s to the future. Each segment shows a parent and child facing challenges and striving toward a better life during key moments in Chinese history.

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What happens

My Country, My Parents (Chinese: 我和我的父辈) is a 2021 Chinese three-part anthology drama film, consisting of four segments directed by four directors, Wu Jing, Zhang Ziyi, Xu Zheng, and Shen Teng. The four directors also star in their own stories, each covering a different genre and taking place in different periods from the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1942 to a futuristic world in 2050. The film became the third installment in a series that celebrates the founding of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949, with two prequels, My People, My Country and My People, My Homeland, released in 2019 and 2020, respectively. The film was released in China on September 30, 2021, to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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