Together (He ni zai yi qi) (2002)
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73% of critics liked it
(77 reviews) -
88% of users liked it
(4,419 ratings)
Chen Kaige's first Chinese film since the poorly received, Hollywood-produced Killing Me Softly is based on a true story of an adolescent violin prodigy coming of age in Beijing. Raised in a small town, Xiao Chun (Tang Yun) is brought to Beijng by his devoted single father, Lui Cheng (Liu… More Chen Kaige's first Chinese film since the poorly received, Hollywood-produced Killing Me Softly is based on a true story of an adolescent violin prodigy coming of age in Beijing. Raised in a small town, Xiao Chun (Tang Yun) is brought to Beijng by his devoted single father, Lui Cheng (Liu Peiqi), who recognizes his talent and is determined to make him a success. After losing a rigged competition for admission into a prestigious music school, Xaio Chun is taken as a student by a brilliant but distracted teacher, Jiang (Wang Zhiwen), and begins to become distracted himself by his twenty-something party-girl neighbor Lili (Chen Hong). He eventually leaves Jiang for more rigorous study under a more famous teacher, Professor Yu (played by director Chen himself), which leaves him torn between his burgeoning career and the loving father who has sacrificed so much for his benefit. Woven throughout the narrative are trenchant comments about the changing face of modern Beijing. ~ Tom Vick, Rovi
- Directed By
- Kaige Chen
- Written By
- Kaige Chen, Xue Xiao Lu
- Genres
- Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Art House & International
PG,
- In Theaters
- May 30, 2003 Limited
- On DVD
- Nov 18, 2003
- Studio
- United Artists
Critic Reviews
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Susan Walker, Toronto Star
It's a touching film in which the actors, including director Chen Kaige in the role of Prof. Yu, deliver heart-touching performances.
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Ray Conlogue, Globe and Mail
If you're in the mood for tears and triumph, with a dash of exoticism, Together may well be the film for you.
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Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
As the movie progresses, it builds in power, so that by the end you're helplessly invested in the triumphs of its young hero.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
[T]here's really everything to recommend in here; beautifully directed, wonderfully acted and it's just a great looking film.
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
It's undeniably a melodrama, but there's enough real emotion lurking beneath the manipulative tear jerking to make the movie a worthwhile and occasionally genuinely moving experience.
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Cast
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Yun Tang
as Liu Xiaochun
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Peiqi Liu
as Liu Cheng
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Hong Chen
as Lili
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Zhiwen Wang
as Prof. Jiang
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Kaige Chen
as Prof. Yu Shifeng
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Qian Cheng
as Hui
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Qing Zhang
as Lin Yu
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Hye-ri Kim
as Prof. Yu's Wife
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Bing Liu
as Debao
