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Coming Home

Gui lai (AKA Guilai) (AKA Coming Home)

2014

Zhang Yimou

Gong Li, Chen Daoming, Zhang Huiwen, Guo Tao ...

7.0

3,256

Drama Lu Yanshi and Feng Wanyu are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner, just as his wife is injured in an accident. Released during the last days of the Cultural Revolution, he finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife has amnesia and remembers little of her past. Unable to recognize Lu, she patiently waits for her husband's return. A stranger alone in the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Maggie Lee Variety	"Heartbreaking in its depiction of ordinary lives affected by political upheaval, this ode to the fundamental values that survive even under such dire circumstances has an epic gravity that recalls another great historical romance, 'Doctor Zhivago'."	POS
United States	Elizabeth Kerr The Hollywood Reporter	"A meandering and frequently tepid love story that also wants to be an important commentary but is too weightless to be effective as either."	NEU
United Kingdom	Xan Brooks The Guardian	"Zhang dabs on salve and comforts the afflicted. He lets this intimate, bittersweet reconciliation implicitly stand for the nation at large. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"'Coming Home' itself is graceful and modestly scaled, forgoing the historical sweep and the operatic fervor of some of Mr. Zhang's previous work."	POS
United States	Mark Jenkins The Washington Post	"The beautifully composed shots are studies in shadow and sunlight, drizzle and grime. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of our)"	POS

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