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02/09/06
The Road Home (2001)
88 %
Reviews Counted: 76 Fresh: 67 Rotten:9 Average Rating: 7.4/10
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Beautifully filmed, The Road Home is a simple touching and tender love story.
Runtime: 89 mins
Synopsis: City businessman Luo Yusheng returns to his home village in North China for the funeral of his father, the village teacher. He finds his elderly mother insisting that all traditional burial customs be observed, despite that fact that times have changed so much. Observing his mother’s... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Ziyi Zhang, Sun Honglei, Zheng Hao, Zhao Yuelin
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12/02/02
A deeply eloquent film about an especially difficult period in China's recent past.
03/07/01
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04/27/07
Mantendo seus habituais comentários políticos em segundo plano, Yimou narra uma história de amor simples, mas tocante, trazendo Zhang Ziyi numa performance absolutamente adorável.
03/30/06
For the way it gave me room to ponder, for the gift of its colors, and for the delicate performance by Zhang Ziyi... it's one of my favorite films of 2001.
01/15/05
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08/07/04
About love acutely desired in youth and fiercely remembered in old age… delicately simple and emotionally satisfying.
03/02/04
Zhang Ziyi, who is considered to be the movies new queen of kung-fu shows that she can do more than just kick *** here.
11/07/03
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10/21/02
A touching little pleasure. The story is about as uncomplicated as it can get, and the visuals and the performance of Zhang Ziyi are there for the audience to simply soak-in.
07/12/02
“The Road Home” takes the subject of love and presents it in its purest form. A stunning and beautiful meditation
05/25/02
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