The road home /
From the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as Raise the Red Latern and Ju 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 r...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Chinese |
| Language Notes: | In Mandarin with English subtitles. |
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New York, NY :
Sony Pictures Classics,
2001.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | From the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as Raise the Red Latern and Ju 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 from the city tohis childhood village where his father was teh much-revered local teacher. But what begins as a short trip to bury his father becomes much more when he learns his mother wantes 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 theirs was the first based on love. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed January 05, 2017). Based on the novel "Remembrance" by Bao Shi. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (90 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 01:29:19 |
| Awards: | Won 2001 Sundance Film Festival, World Cinema |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Matt Flannery ; music by Mike Shinoda, Joseph Trapanese. |