Gui lai

September 11th, 2015







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Gui lai

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Plot
Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer remembers him.

Release Year: 2014

Rating: 7.2/10 (1,607 voted)

Critic's Score: 73/100

Director: Yimou Zhang

Stars: Li Gong, Daoming Chen, Huiwen Zhang

Storyline
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.

Writers: Geling Yan, Jingzhi Zou

Cast:
Li Gong - Feng Wanyu
Daoming Chen - Lu Yanshi
Huiwen Zhang - Dan Dan, the daughter
Tao Guo - Officer Liu
Ni Yan - Officer Li
Chun Li - Cui Meifang
Jia-yi Zhang - Doctor Dai
Peiqi Liu - Officer Liu
Jiali Ding - Mr. Fang's wife
Bai Qing Xin - Officer Ballet School
Feng Zu - Officer Deng
Xiaoyi Chen - Gong Suzhen



Details

Official Website: Official site [Japan]

Country: China

Language: Mandarin

Release Date: 16 May 2014

Filming Locations: Beijing, China

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Rating: 8/10

Coming Home is a great example of the way in which a movie can move you, play on your emotions, without being sentimental in a negative sense. Without being a tear-jerker. And without harsh images of struggle and war. But with excellent acting, small gestures and not so much words. This movie is all about empathy, first among the characters in the story depicted, but by consequence also among the audience, that is swept away and taken in by the sentiment.

This doesn't mean that the story is only about love and compassion. The Cultural Revolution in China (1966-1976) was far from being peaceful and compassionate. People were separated for years without any information, were forced to report any 'wrong' behavior that could 'harm' or 'threaten' the Communist Party. Coming Home shows how such an environment affects people at the individual, family level. People get damaged and family relations are shattered because of betrayal.

Coming Home succeeds in portraying the consequences of such a regime, by showing what humanity and compassion mean. And that is what makes it special, and refreshing in a world where it sometimes feels like these values are hard to find.





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