Coming Home
Filmmaking doesn't get more timeless. It recalls another great historical romance, 'Doctor Zhivago.'
Coming Home
Lu Yanshi (Chen Daoming) and Feng Wanyu (Gong Li) are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner, just as his wife is injured in an accident.
Released during the last days of the Cultural Revolution, he finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife has amnesia and remembers little of her past. Unable to recognize Lu, she patiently waits for her husband's return.
A stranger alone in the heart of his broken family, Lu Yanshi determines to resurrect their past together and reawaken his wife's memory.
Directed by Yimou Zhang (Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern).
Released during the last days of the Cultural Revolution, he finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife has amnesia and remembers little of her past. Unable to recognize Lu, she patiently waits for her husband's return.
A stranger alone in the heart of his broken family, Lu Yanshi determines to resurrect their past together and reawaken his wife's memory.
Directed by Yimou Zhang (Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern).
Genre
Drama
Web Site
Runtime
109
Language
Mandarin
Director
Yimou Zhang
Cast
Daoming Chen
FEATURED REVIEW
Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly
Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou’s career behind the camera has unfolded in almost parallel fashion with that of his most famous muse in front of it, Gong Li. The director and his luminous leading lady both made their movie debuts with the 1987 art-house hit, Red Sorghum. Now, nearly three decades (and ...
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