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The Road Home

Romance. Drama A man returns to the village where he was raised to help his mother arrange his father's funeral in this romantic drama about the courtship of his parents and the value of tradition and devotion. Upon his return to the village of Sanheutun, Luo Yusheng (Sun Honglei) finds his aging mother seized with grief over the death of her husband. She insists that her son help her arrange a traditional funeral for his father in which the villagers ... [+]
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
"Celebrates a beauty and heroism around us that we often miss in both our movies and our lives." POS
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post
"A beautifully textured, disarmingly simple movie about romantic devotion."  POS
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
"A gentle, engaging narrative of constancy and devotion against all odds, both natural and bureaucratic"  POS
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New York Post
New York Post
"A beautifully simple romantic fable set in 1958 China in which the lovers are never seen touching, much less kissing -- yet it can move you to tears." POS
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
"The director finds poetry in the face of his lead actress, whose performance is as luminous and moving as the film itself." POS
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