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Coming Home (2014) |
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.
Director: Yimou Zhang
Writers: Geling Yan (based on the novel by), Jingzhi Zou (screenplay)
Stars: Li Gong, Daoming Chen, Huiwen Zhang |
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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. Written by
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User Reviews
Not so good as expected.
I had high expectation
for Zhang Yimou's latest film Coming Home, because he finally went back
to tell a simple and plain story. So when I heard there was an advanced
screening on May 11, I immediately went to see it. However, after
watching this 111-minute movie, I was disappointed. To be precisely, I
had mixed feeling about the film, I think it is Zhang's best film since
House of Flying Daggers, however it is still not a good film. The story
is simple, the cinematography is simple, everything is simple in this
film, just like what Zhang promised. He intended to make everything
simple, trying so hard to drop his color- using style and maintain
simple. However, such simpleness is intended, it is not natural. For
simple life story movies (Yi Yi, Platform, The World, A Simple Life),
the key to be a great movie is if it could give audience a special
feeling and a deep theme through its simpleness. And such thing behind
its simpleness is the soul of the movie. However, Coming Home didn't
achieve that, I can barely feel anything behind its intended simpleness
and schmaltz. Its soul is empty. Still, I have to admit, there are some
good sides of the film, especially Gong Li and Chen Daoming's amazing
acting. Their performances are superb, one of the best performances I've
seen in recent years. Also, I love the well-crafted first 10-minute and
the sentimental ending. All in all, I appreciated Zhang's trying of
going back to the simple and I wish he could continue that. Coming Home
may not be a fantastic film but it is still a well-crafted movie with
some touching moments. My score: 7.1
(PS: To understand the film ,be sure to learn some background information and the history about the Cultural Revolution. Due to the censorship in China, Zhang can't tell something about the story too obvious, so if you know nothing about that history, you will be confused by something happens in the film.)
(PS: To understand the film ,be sure to learn some background information and the history about the Cultural Revolution. Due to the censorship in China, Zhang can't tell something about the story too obvious, so if you know nothing about that history, you will be confused by something happens in the film.)