THE ROAD HOME
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The film that i want to review is我的父亲母亲（Wo de fu qin mu qin) or THE ROAD HOME which was directed by Zhang Yimou. First of all, let us discuss about the director of the film. Zhang Yimou is a Chinese film director, film producer, writer and actor, and former cinematographer. He was born in 14th November 1951 and is counted amongst the fifth generation of Chinese film maker,having made his directorial debut in 1987 with Red Sorghum. Zhang had won numerous awards and recognitions, with Best Foreign Film nominations for Ju dou in 1990 and Raise the red lantern in 1991, Silver Lion and Golden Lion prizes at the Venice Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. In 1993, he was a member of the jury at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. Zhang directed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, which received considerable International acclaim. These are some of the history and biodata of Zhang.
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Secondly, let us discuss about the plot of the film. THE ROAD HOME is the story of a country girl and a young teacher falling in love, and the teacher's death many years later that brings their son back from the big city for the funeral.The film begins in black and white in present-day China when the son returns to his village from the city upon hearing of his father's death. His mother, Zhao Di, insists upon following the tradition of carrying the coffin back to their remote village by foot so that her husband's spirit will remember its way home. His father, Luo Changyu, came to the village as the teacher. Immediately, Zhao Di became infatuated with him and he with her. Thus began a courtship which consisted mostly of the exchange of looks and glances between the two. Unfortunately, the courtship was interrupted when Luo was summoned by the government to return to the city. Zhao Di's heart was broken; she insisted on waiting for him in the snow and fell so ill that the villagers thought she would die. However, upon hearing news of her illness, the teacher was able to sneak back to the village and Zhao Di, in tears, welcomed the sight of her beloved. Still, their love would not be consummated for a few years more because the teacher was kept away from the village as punishment for having left his assignment in the city without permission. Returning to the present day, and black and white, the son realizes how important this ritual of carrying the coffin back to village is to his mother, Zhao Di, and he agrees to make all necessary arrangements to fulfill her wish. He is told by the mayor of the village that it might be difficult to find enough porters to carry the father home, as there are few young able men left in the village. The mayor and the son reach an agreement on the price to be paid to the porters. But when the procession sets out, more than 100 people show up to help carry home the casket of the man who was their teacher through various generations in the village. The mayor returns the money to the son, as no one will accept payment for doing what they consider to be an honor rather than a task.
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Let us move on to the award of the film THE ROAD HOME. This film had won a lot of award like 2000 Golden Rooster Awards for the best picture and the best director, 2000 Hundred Flowers Awards for best film award, 2000 Berlin International Film Festivals which included Silver Bear for Jury Grand Prix, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Golden Bear, 2000 Ljubljana International Film Festival for the audience award. The above stated are some of the important awards that won by this film. Besides these, there are still a lot of awards that won by this year after the year of 2000.
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In my opinion, THE ROAD HOME is a film that about love and traditional culture of Chinese. This film was about a country girl who brave to express her love to a teacher, which reflect that in this world not only men can expressing their feeling towards women but women also can do so. Besides, this film also taught me that we have to appreciate every relationship with the other one, not only love but family relationship also. This is because at the middle part of the movie when the teacher was in love with the country woman, they have to seperate again due to some reasons. Both of them are so hard to be together but only because of the government they have to be seperated again. This had told us that we really have to appreciate what we are having now. Furthermore, This film also taught me that no wonder what races we are we also have to maintain our traditional culture in order to maintain procreation. This is to avoid that our traditional culture to be away from our next generation.
In conclusion, I feel that this is a touched film of the love between the country lady and the teacher. Besides of touch, this film also taught me a lot of things such as we have to appreciate what we had now and also have to maintain our traditional culture from generation to generation.
I hope that you all will enjoy the film.
Thank you :)
Secondly, let us discuss about the plot of the film. THE ROAD HOME is the story of a country girl and a young teacher falling in love, and the teacher's death many years later that brings their son back from the big city for the funeral.The film begins in black and white in present-day China when the son returns to his village from the city upon hearing of his father's death. His mother, Zhao Di, insists upon following the tradition of carrying the coffin back to their remote village by foot so that her husband's spirit will remember its way home. His father, Luo Changyu, came to the village as the teacher. Immediately, Zhao Di became infatuated with him and he with her. Thus began a courtship which consisted mostly of the exchange of looks and glances between the two. Unfortunately, the courtship was interrupted when Luo was summoned by the government to return to the city. Zhao Di's heart was broken; she insisted on waiting for him in the snow and fell so ill that the villagers thought she would die. However, upon hearing news of her illness, the teacher was able to sneak back to the village and Zhao Di, in tears, welcomed the sight of her beloved. Still, their love would not be consummated for a few years more because the teacher was kept away from the village as punishment for having left his assignment in the city without permission. Returning to the present day, and black and white, the son realizes how important this ritual of carrying the coffin back to village is to his mother, Zhao Di, and he agrees to make all necessary arrangements to fulfill her wish. He is told by the mayor of the village that it might be difficult to find enough porters to carry the father home, as there are few young able men left in the village. The mayor and the son reach an agreement on the price to be paid to the porters. But when the procession sets out, more than 100 people show up to help carry home the casket of the man who was their teacher through various generations in the village. The mayor returns the money to the son, as no one will accept payment for doing what they consider to be an honor rather than a task.
Let us move on to the award of the film THE ROAD HOME. This film had won a lot of award like 2000 Golden Rooster Awards for the best picture and the best director, 2000 Hundred Flowers Awards for best film award, 2000 Berlin International Film Festivals which included Silver Bear for Jury Grand Prix, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Golden Bear, 2000 Ljubljana International Film Festival for the audience award. The above stated are some of the important awards that won by this film. Besides these, there are still a lot of awards that won by this year after the year of 2000.
In my opinion, THE ROAD HOME is a film that about love and traditional culture of Chinese. This film was about a country girl who brave to express her love to a teacher, which reflect that in this world not only men can expressing their feeling towards women but women also can do so. Besides, this film also taught me that we have to appreciate every relationship with the other one, not only love but family relationship also. This is because at the middle part of the movie when the teacher was in love with the country woman, they have to seperate again due to some reasons. Both of them are so hard to be together but only because of the government they have to be seperated again. This had told us that we really have to appreciate what we are having now. Furthermore, This film also taught me that no wonder what races we are we also have to maintain our traditional culture in order to maintain procreation. This is to avoid that our traditional culture to be away from our next generation.
In conclusion, I feel that this is a touched film of the love between the country lady and the teacher. Besides of touch, this film also taught me a lot of things such as we have to appreciate what we had now and also have to maintain our traditional culture from generation to generation.
I hope that you all will enjoy the film.
Thank you :)
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