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Road Home, The (2000)
Rating:
Starring: Sun Honglei, Zhang Ziyi, Zheng Hao, Zhao Yuelin
Director: Zhang Yimou
Category: Avant Garde, Drama, Foreign
Studio: Columbia / TriStar
Subtitles:
English, French
Length:
89 mins

 
 

 

From the award-winning director of such acclaimed films asRaise the Red Lantern and Fu Dou comes a romantic drama whose story is as beautiful as the cinematography.The Road Home will take you on an unforgettable journey filled with romance, culture and tradition.

When his father dies, Luo Yusheng returns form the city to his childhood village where his father was the much-revered local teacher.But what begins as a short trip to bury his father becomes much more when he learns his mother wants a traditional burial for her beloved husband.She wants to have him carried by foot, honoring the belief that a body returned this way will never forget the road home.As Yusheng enlists the men needed to fulfill her wishes, the story of his parents' love affair unfolds.In the days of arranged marriages, he learns their was the first based on love.

 
 
   
   

 
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