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Completed - MANDARIN - Drama - 111 minutes

Log Line

Returning home to find his wife suffering from amnesia, recently released political prisoner Lu Yanshi determines to reawaken her memory and resurrect their shared past.

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Zhang YIMOU
Writer(s) : Zou JINGZHI
Cast : Chen DAOMING, Gong LI

Synopsis

Lu Yanshi (Chen Daoming) and Feng Wanyu (Gong Li) 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 heart of his broken family, Lu Yanshi determines to resurrect their past together and reawaken his wife's memory.

Production

Country(ies) : CHINA

AUSTRALIA Jul 29, 2015 SONY PICTURES R
BELGIUM LUMIÈRE (GHENT)
CANADA MÉTROPOLE FILMS
CANADA MONGREL MEDIA I
ESTONIA ESTINFILM
FRANCE Dec 17, 2014 ARP SÉLECTION
GREECE STRADA FILMS
HONG KONG EDKO FILMS LTD
JAPAN GAGA CORPORATIO
KOREA (Sou CHALLAN
LEBANON TELEVIEW
SPAIN Aug 05, 2016 GOLEM DISTRIBUC
SWEDEN May 15, 2015 TRIART FILM


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Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2014 Out of Competition


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