The Road Home (1999 film)

The Road Home simplified Chinese traditional Chinese pinyin wde fqin mqin literally My Father and Mother is a 2000 Chinese romantic drama film directed by Zhang Yimou. It also marked the cinematic debut of the Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi. The Road Home was written by author Bao Shi, who adapted the screenplay from his novel, Remembrance.

The Road Home is the story of a country girl and a young teacher falling in love, and the teachers death many years later that brings their son back from the big city for the funeral.The film begins in black and white in presentday China when the son Sun Honglei returns to his village from the city upon hearing of his fathers death. His mother, Zhao Di Zhao Yulian, insists upon following the tradition of carrying the coffin back to their remote village by foot so that her husbands spirit will remember its way home. As the narrator, the son recounts the story of his parents courtship, so famous that it has gained the status of a legend in the village. It is here the bleak black and white turns into vivid colors as the story shifts to the past. ........

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