Shown: February 12, 2023 at 6pm
Director : Zhang Yimou
Country : China
Release Date : 1999
Duration : 89 mins
Language : Mandarin
Subtitles : Yes
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 customs be observed, despite the fact that times have changed so much, and that it involves many people carrying his father’s body back to the village – “the road home“. As Yusheng debates the complications involved in organising such a big feat, he remembers the magical story of how his father and mother met and got together in the first place.
“A moving love story that is as simple in its narrative gestures as it is rich in colour composition.” (Jan Stuart – Newsday)