The road home /
As a son helps his mother arrange for the burial of his father in the traditional Chinese custom of his mother's village, the beautiful and touching story of his parent's courtship unfolds. His father was from the city and came to his mother's village to become the schoolmaster. In th...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Chinese French |
| Language Notes: | Closed-captioned. In Mandarin or French with optional subtitles in English or French. |
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Culver City, Calif. :
Sony Pictures Classics :
[2001]
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| Summary: | As a son helps his mother arrange for the burial of his father in the traditional Chinese custom of his mother's village, the beautiful and touching story of his parent's courtship unfolds. His father was from the city and came to his mother's village to become the schoolmaster. In the days of arranged marriages, the son discovers that his parents marriage was the first marriage based on love. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999. Based on the novel "Remembrance" by Bao Shi. Special features: widescreen and full screen presentations; theatrical trailers; filmographies; interactive menus; scene selection. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; region 1; Dolby digital 5.1, digitally mastered audio & anamorphic video. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: G. |
| Awards: | Sundance Film Festival: 2001, Audience Award World Cinema (Yimou Zhang) Berlin International Film Festival: 2000, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Competition (Yimou Zhang); Silver Berlin Bear - Jury Grand Prix (Yimou Zhang) |
| Production Credits: | Cinematographer, Hou Yong ; art director, Cao Juiping ; editor, Zhai Ru ; music, San Bao ; costume designer, Tong Huamiao. |
| ISBN: | 0767863526 9780767863520 |