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To Live, also titled Lifetimes in some English versions, is a 1994 Chinese drama film directed by Zhang Yimou and written by Lu Wei, based on the novel of the same name by Yu Hua. It was produced by the Shanghai Film Studio and ERA International, starring Ge You and Gong Li , in her seventh collaboration with director Zhang Yimou.
Dec 23, 1994 · A film that follows the life of one family in China from the 1940s to the 1960s, through gambling, war, revolution and hardship. Roger Ebert praises the film's honesty, vision and humanity, and criticizes the Chinese authorities' ban on its directors and stars.
Dec 16, 1994 · To Live: Directed by Yimou Zhang. With You Ge, Gong Li, Ben Niu, Wu Jiang. After Fugui and Jiazhen lose their personal fortunes, they raise a family and survive difficult cultural changes during 1940s to 1970s China.
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- Drama, War
- Yimou Zhang
- 1994-12-16
Oct 27, 2021 · One of the most popular Zhang Yimou's masterpieces. Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landowne...
- 131 min
- 307.9K
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Xu Fugui (Ge You) is a local rich man's son and compulsive gambler, who loses his family property to a man named Long'er. His behaviour also causes his long-suffering wife Jiazhen (Gong Li) to leave him, along with their daughter, Fengxia and their unborn son, Youqing. After he loses his entire family fortune, Fugui eventually reunites with his ...
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Dec 14, 1994 · Zhang Yimou's masterful, stirring "To Live" takes us from the turbulent, treacherous China of the '40s civil war to the brutal Cultural Revolution and beyond through the lives of one couple, ...
Zhang Yimou, the greatest director in the history of Chinese film, and one of the greatest of all directors from all countries, was a master with the camera; and he captures all of the misery that ...
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