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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 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
Dec 23, 1994 · The film follows the life of one family in China, from the heady days of gambling dens in the 1940s to the austere hardship of the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s.
Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work. They raise a family and survive, managing "to ...
To Live is a Chinese movie directed by Zhang Yimou, which tells the story of a couple who struggle to survive during China‘s political and social upheavals from the 1940s to the 1970s. The film is a masterpiece of world cinema and has won numerous awards, including the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes.
Ace W To Live (活着) is an incredible drama and a reverent historical portrait of life throughout modern Chinese history. This film rivals (and exceeds) its American counterpart in every way.
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- Drama
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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 ...
