Following on the heels of director Zhang Yimou's Not One Less (1999),
which won the top prize at the 1999 Venice Film Festival, comes this
sensitively-wrought portrait of a young woman's unshakable love. The
film opens in the present, shot in gritty black and white, as
businessman Luo Yusheng (Sun Honglei) returns to his hometown in the rural
Hebei province to attend the funeral of his father. When Luo suggests that
the coffin should be brought home from the hospital on a tractor, his
aging mother Zhao Di (Zhao Yuelin) rebuffs him, insisting that they conform
to custom and have it carried home by local men. Later, as Luo recalls
his parent's courtship, the film switches to color and travels back in
time about 40 years. A young, beautiful Zhao Di (Zhang Ziyi) find herself
falling for the village's handsome new teacher Luo Changyu (Zheng Hao).
As the males in the village join together to build a school for the burg,
Zhao Di helps the other women prepare food, waiting patiently to meet the
strapping educator. Just as their romance begins, Luo is suddenly ordered
to leave by the Communist authorities. As Luo packs up and leaves the
village, Zhao Di races hither and thither carrying his favorite steamed
dumplings, hoping to catch him before he departs. Though the odds of
reunion seem slim, Zhao Di steadfastly holds vigil for her lover until
miraculously, Luo returns under the cover of the night only to be once
again ordered to the city where he has been commanded to stay. The
pair are forced to wait another two years until they can be together.
This film won the prestigious Silver Bear at the
2000 Berlin Film Festival and the World Cinema Audience Award at the 2001
Sundance Film Festival; the victories were all the more sweet for the
director, as The Road Home was rejected outright from the 1999 Cannes Film
Festival, prompting Zhang to angrily withdraw his Not One Less
from competition.
2000 Berlin International Film Festival Silver Berlin Bear Award
IMDb Rating : 7.7/10 (5,905 votes) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235060/
LANGUAGE: Mandarin
SUBTITLES: English
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