Bin Li, Guifa Chang, Hao Zheng
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 the traditional burial custom...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 27, 2001
Stats: 625 reviews
A simple story carved from Chinese culture. Traditions and history are on display here as much as the inner and outer lives of the characters. The visual embellishments are mostly restrained but you can see them waiting, wanting to burst out. This is Zhang Ziyi's feature film deb...( read more)
A simple, gentle but very effective film. Beautifully shot and wonderfully acted The Road Home captures perfectly the sweet melancholy of returning home. A brilliant relationship is brought to life in the most simple ways but they work. A calm and collected film that knows how to...( read more)
If you miss it from the music, Zhang Yimou has also strategically placed Titanic posters on the set for you to appreciate the enormity of the parallel romance here : ) A wonderful love story without all the drownings and death -- and DiCaprio. I never ever get tired of Z...( read more)
nice scenery... too bad the rest of the movie wasn't as good. the characters are underdeveloped, the story is very simple but lacking overall depth. The only touching moments were in the scenes in present time. It captures the atmosphere of the rural countryside. Overall, t...( read more)
I never watched Chinese movies yet, only Koreans so far, but after seeing The Road Home, I became Chinese movies fan. The Road Home ...( read more)
This is the cuttest and most simple directed by Yimou Zhang and starred by Ziyi Zhang. Call the entire family including kids and enjoy this sweetie.
85/100
zhnag ziyi performance was perfect ,this movie is about love in its trueest form .
and about tradition and honor.
about the fading of people with values .
Foreign, Chinese. This is a good love story; it brought tears to my eyes and I'm a big burly man. No! Not girly, burly! It's about a son that returns home, because his Father had died. He learns about his Father and Mother's love affair for more than 40 years. It's a very go...( read more)
I saw this one once i was doing homework, about 6am.... Zhang is just so kawaii, i loved the way she reacted when the teacher looked at her.... in fact, i'm still watching it at this moment.... I'm really liking it!
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