Wo de fu qin mu qin (1999)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Yimou Zhang

Writers:

Shi Bao (novel)
Shi Bao (screenplay)

Release Date:

6 July 2000 (Australia)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.

Plot Keywords:

Teacher | Funeral | Death Of Loved One | Told In Flashback | Secret Love

Awards:

12 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Ziyi Zhang	...	Zhao Di, Young (as Zhang Ziyi)
Honglei Sun	...	Luo Yusheng (as Sun Honglei)
Hao Zheng	...	Luo Changyu (as Zheng Hao)
Yulian Zhao	...	Zhao Di, Old (as Zhao Yulian)
Bin Li	...	Grandmother
Guifa Chang	...	Mayor, Old
Wencheng Sung	...	Mayor
Qi Liu	...	Carpenter Xia, Old
Bo Ji	...	Carpenter Xia
Zhongxi Zhang	...	Crockery Repairman

Also Known As:

The Road Home (International: English title) (USA) (DVD title)
My Father and Mother (literal English title)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

China

Language:

Mandarin

Colour:

Black and White | Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Denmark:A | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. | Hong Kong:I | New Zealand:PG | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U | USA:G

Company:

Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia

Trivia:

Filmmaker Yimou Zhang has said that this film was his tribute to and heavily influenced by the work of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.

Quotes:

Zhao Di, Young: I'll be waiting for you.

Movie Connections:

References Ta'm e guilass (1997)

Chinese cinema pleases me again

Once more I watched a Chinese film and again I liked it. It's amazing how I just love all the Chinese films I have seen. "Yi ge dou bu meng shao" (No One Less) is beautiful and touching; Ba Wang Bie Ji (Farewell My Cocunbine) is hard and true; and "Wo de fu qin mu qin" (The Road Home) is innocent and pure. Chinese films, like Iran ones, gets simples theme and develops them to something involving and beautiful. These movies have been a great descovering for me. here in "Wo de fun qin mu qin" a man comes back to his village in the mountains for his father funeral. There, he tells us the story of love his parents lived. That's the moment beautiful Ziyi Zhang enters the story. Her face is pretty and she has a great look. Besides the quality of the film, her face is a good reason to watch "Wo de fu qin mu qin".