2 great recent Chinese movies well worth seeing, and well worth the subtitles....
1. COMING HOME....in mandarin....a beautiful film about a man coming back from political prison after 20 years, during the Cultural Revolution, and finding his wife with brain injury/ dementia related to his incarceration, and due to his daughter informing on him...a brilliant and charming study of love and reason in the face of adversity...and in the massive power of understanding in one small family. Fantastic film by the director of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and starring the remarkably talented Gong Li. A film of of pure grace and mastery of the
cinematic art form.
It also provides an insight into the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution in one family/
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(Wanyi notes...well, yes, that's what it was like to grow up and through the Cultural Revolution. It was just like that).
2. MR SIX..in mandarin... A great film about the individual and the collective in modern China...the changes in the morals/ethics between generations of Beijing men. VERY much set in the present day of New China. Brilliant.. A FILM MEN WILL REALLY APPRECIATE. POWERFUL ACTING AND DIRECTION. Universally, the enduring meaning and great depth of the relationship between father and son.
It compares the relative and powerful interpersonal loyalties between Beijing men of different generations. 9/ (Wanyi notes...yes, this is exactly how traditional Beijing men are, and what drives them, and what makes sense to them, and what gives meaning to them)
Both are remarkably elegant and gentle films, highly fascinating and made with directorial brilliance, perfect timely reconstructions, and acting gems....whilst at the same time being very profound. I love Gong Li...she is in the 4th photo, with the head injury. She's an amazing artist/actor, and the part was made, by the director, only for her.
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