The Road Home - Chinese Movie VCD

Hong Kong Movie

Drama

90 Minutes

Multi-Lingual

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我的父親母親

Director: Zhang Yimou

Starring: Zhang Zi Yi

演員 :章子怡  
導演 :張藝謀  

內容：
初戀的回憶，是人生中最美妙的感覺。而當生子的父親已經過世，年邁的母親講述她夢係魂牽的初戀時，生子不但體味到初戀情愫的淒美動人，甚至不讀出對美妙人生的執著追求。

母親乳名招娣，年輕時是遠近聞名的美人，她暗戀上生子的父親---一個淳樸幽默的青年教師。她的美麗和誠然打動了青年駱老師的心，他們浪溫又傳統的相愛了。兩人一學就是四十年，相濡以沫，心心相印。

丈夫的葬禮後，年邁的招娣在悲慟中又聽到了世界上最好聽的聲音，那是駱老師自編的”識字歌；……在她眼前，又出現年輕盈巧的招娣穿著碎花紅襖雀躍在讓她走不完初戀的那一條小路上。

"It would be hard to name another director -- Kubrick, perhaps -- who has created so many masterpieces or near-masterpieces with so few lifetime films. Zhang Yimou started with richly sensual tales (Red Sorghum, Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern), moved to sociopolitical epics (To Live, The Story of Qui Ju), and then here, in 1999, presented what might be called a "domestic epic."

A fairly young middle-aged engineer from the city returns to the north China village of his birth right after his father's death. His mother insists that all the old rituals be observed, including hand-carrying the body the many miles back from the city hospital morgue to the village so the deceased will know "the road home."

The man relates the story of how his parents -- an 18-year-old farm girl and a somewhat older teacher sent to the village by the government -- met and fell in love in 1955, and decides that his mother's wishes must be honored.

Most of the movie centers on the earlier love story. It's a shame the more recent "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" made it to these shores first, because Ziyi Zhang, the spitfire young girl of the action flick, is much more incredible in her debut in this movie, aged 20.

 The simplicity and transparency of her emotions, the incredible beauty of her face, are captivating. There is no sex or nudity, not even a kiss, in this intensely romantic film; and the landscape, seasons, and light -- the sound of vegetables being chopped, the chanting of children's voices in school -- are as much stars as Ziyi.

"A gorgeous and moving piece of work."
 

VCD: List Price: US $19.95

Sale Price: US$9.95

Language: Mandarin

Subtitle: Chinese

VCD

Rating: I - Suitable for all audiences (roughly equal to an MPPA rating of "G" or "PG") Films rated Category I contain nothing most parents will consider offensive for their children to see or hear. Nudity, drug use, explicit language, violence and adult situations are largely absent, and if present are seen only briefly and at a moderate level.